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Earlier this year I listened to a domestic thriller in which the author gave gender-neutral names to both halves of a married couple. One stayed home with their kid; the other was career driven and abusive. The author did a good job of avoiding gender pronouns without getting too convoluted. But the attempt at cleverness didn't really work--I knew early on that the author was doing a role reversal and, worse, it was a reversal that I didn't believe.
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