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A war correspondent and a missing woman are at the center of Kate Atkinson's new postwar novel 'Our Noble Selves'

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published September 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT

In Kate Atkinson's new postwar novel, a former war reporter is the suspect when a French woman goes missing. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Atkinson about "Our Noble Selves."

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