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Sep 2023
32m 31s

Colleen Hoover: "Make Every Book Better ...

TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager
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Literary superstar author Colleen Hoover joins Jenna Bush Hager to discuss her unexpected rise to literary fame, the upcoming adaptation of her novel "It Ends With Us" and the impact her books have had on her passionate fans, known as “CoHorts”. 
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