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The John McGahern Companion: A refuge and resource
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‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adults
<p>Faced with a stagnant jobs market, many are spurning children or pets in favour of ‘raising bricks’</p><p>Young adults in China looking for a cheaper, low-maintenance alternative to having children or pets have found an answer: raising bricks.</p><p>Bricks may not be as cuddly as cats or as life-affirming as human offspring, but they also cost next to not
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