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Jane Mendelsohn was born and raised in New York City. She is a graduate of Yale.

She is the author of three novels: the best-selling I Was Amelia Earhart, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and Innocence, and American Music. Published to wide acclaim by Knopf in 2010, American Music is now out in paperback from Vintage.



Average rating: 3.38 · 1,650 ratings · 281 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
I Was Amelia Earhart
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 1996 — 16 editions
Innocence
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
American Music
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions

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“There is no difference between being rescued and being captured.”
Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

“He wanted his daughter's happiness more than anything but he saw that she was not destined primarily for happiness. She was too complicated for happiness.”
Jane Mendelsohn, American Music

“The spring came suddenly; the rains stopped, the days grew noticeably longer, and the afternoon light felt powdery, as if it might blow away.”
Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

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