Jennifer Finney Boylan
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female
place of birth
The United States
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Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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January 2008
about this author
Jennifer Finney Boylan is a widely praised author and professor.
Edward Albee summed up her oeuvre in 1988: -- "Boylan observes carefully, and with love. [Her] levitating wit is wisely tethered to a humane concern…. I often broke into laughter, and was now and again, struck with wonder."
Jenny's memoir, She's Not There, published by Broadway Books in 2003, was one of the first bestselling works by a transgendered American; until 2001 she published under the name James Boylan. She's Not There, currently in its eighth printing, is popular both as a textbook in high schools and colleges as well as with readers's groups. The paperback edition contains a "readers guide" in addition to the main text, wh...more
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She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.82 — 1,054 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.66 — 273 ratings — published 2008 4 editions |
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The Planets by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.64 — 33 ratings — published 1991 4 editions |
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Getting In by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.37 — 35 ratings — published 1998 2 editions |
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The Constellations by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.81 — 16 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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Remind Me to Murder You Later by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 1988 |
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The Stand (Expanded Edition) by Stephen King bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: all writers
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"Steven King's ON WRITING is part memoir, part Elements of Style; it's also one of the most modest, generous, thoughtful, and succinct books on fiction writing I've ever read. Most how-to books on writing are full of blarney and mustard; Steve's book...more
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gave That Old Cape Magic (Audio CD) by Richard Russo |
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Then We Came to the End (Hardcover) by Joshua Ferris |
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gave The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback) by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) |
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"Of all the books i've read in the last ten years, this is the one I most wish I'd written.
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The Good Thief (Hardcover) by Hannah Tinti (Goodreads author) |
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I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author) |
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Jennifer made a comment on Anna W.'s review of
I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir
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Q&A with Jennifer Finney Boylan
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Goodreads Author Jennifer Finney Boylan will be available March 3 through March 14 to answer all your questions and talk about her new book, I'm Looki...more
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