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Ann Napolitano is the author of the novels A Good Hard Look and Within Arm’s Reach. She received an MFA from New York University; she teaches fiction writing for New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and for Gotham Writers’ Workshop. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.


Socrates was, by his own account, "a gadfly". He spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. His typical approach was to innocently question an established idea; he started with simple questions that a politician or businessman or military general invariably found easy to answe...

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Average rating: 3.82 · 774 ratings · 220 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
A Good Hard Look
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
Within Arm's Reach: A Novel
3.12 of 5 stars 3.12 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
A Good Hard Look
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011

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“God is not here to be demanded of, begged from, or criticized. He hands out burdens to those who are strong enough to carry them, and I feel profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of lining up with the other invalids and asking for mine to be alleviated.”
Ann Napolitano, A Good Hard Look

“Hope may have a positive reputation, but it has a vicious downside. If you have hope, you can be crushed.”
Ann Napolitano, A Good Hard Look

“She had been so fiercely alive. She had spoken honestly, and lived with an honesty that few could claim to match. She had made the most of every minute she was given. She bargained and rationed and managed the seconds. She burned up the days.”
Ann Napolitano, A Good Hard Look

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Ann Napolitano A Good Hard Look has been selected as an Indie Next List Pick for July 2011!


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