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Goodreads asked Gregg Bell:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Gregg Bell I wouldn't say it was entirely from this, but I was interested in Thomas Hardy's "Tess," specifically about what happens when that thrilling shiny love feeling is undercut by the reality that the beloved is a flesh and blood human being, full of faults and failings.

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