Jane Smiley
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born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
September 26, 1949
gender
female
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A Thousand Acres
— published 1991 — 36 editions |
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Moo
— published 1995 — 18 editions |
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Horse Heaven
— published 1999 — 24 editions |
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The Sagas of Icelanders
by Jane Smiley , Robert Kellogg , Katrina C. Attwood — published 1997 — 8 editions |
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Private Life
— published 2010 — 14 editions |
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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
— published 1991 — 22 editions |
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Good Faith
— published 2003 — 23 editions |
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The Greenlanders
— published 1988 — 16 editions |
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Duplicate Keys
— published 1984 — 15 editions |
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The Age of Grief
— published 1987 — 10 editions |
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“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
“A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.”
― Jane Smiley
― Jane Smiley
“But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses”
― Jane Smiley, A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
― Jane Smiley, A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
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