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“A New New Me,” her eighth novel, follows Kinga, a 40-year-old Polish woman who, on the Monday we meet her, becomes a Czech passport holder after having recently attained citizenship.

The expulsion to Mexico shattered a family that had attained a modicum — perhaps an illusion — of stability in California.

The level of fame she’s attained might translate to enormous financial success, but it’s also kept Swift frustratingly isolated from the vulnerability in her art.

But hearing these all-timers stacked up in rapid succession was a thrill of its own — a reminder of the blend of efficiency and ingenuity attained on a daily basis at Hitsville, U.S.A.

How much money that is depends on factors such as the amount of time served, how busy their fire station was and what rank they attained.