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The publisher's reasoning was sound: October was the heart of the literary season, the reviews would land in the right window, the award consideration timelines worked better with October.
Elian's reasoning was also sound: the novel was about staying in a place through seasons, and September was the turning of the year, the moment when summer gave way to something more considered, and the novel deserved to arrive in the world at the hinge between things rather than fully inside one of them.
Annika, consulted as an intermediary, reviewed both positions and said: "September fifteenth. Split the difference." Both parties accepted this with the relief of people who had needed a third party to ar
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