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The Roundtable

"The Majority" by Elizabeth L. Silver

By Joe Donahue
Published August 9, 2023 at 11:45 AM EDT
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Riverhead Books

Inspired by history, Attorney and Author Elizabeth Silver’s new novel, "The Majority," is a novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.

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