Anita Shreve






Anita Shreve

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born
January 01, 1946

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female

place of birth
The United States

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Literature & Fiction


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Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts (just outside Boston), the eldest of three daughters. Early literary influences include having read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton when she was a junior in high school (a short novel she still claims as one of her favorites) and everything Eugene O'Neill ever wrote while she was a senior (to which she attributes a somewhat dark streak in her own work). After graduating from Tufts University, she taught high school for a number of years in and around Boston. In the middle of her last year, she quit (something that, as a parent, she finds appalling now) to start writing. "I had this panicky sensation that it was now or never."

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avg rating: 3.37 | 63,598 ratings | 6,974 reviews | 31 distinct works | 138 fans
The Pilot's Wife The Pilot's Wife
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.36 — 17,913 ratings — published 1998
45 editions
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Light on Snow Light on Snow
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.43 — 4,805 ratings — published 2004
29 editions
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The Weight of Water The Weight of Water
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.51 — 4,581 ratings — published 1997
25 editions
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Sea Glass Sea Glass
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.54 — 4,175 ratings — published 2002
30 editions
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Fortune's Rocks: A Novel Fortune's Rocks: A Novel
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.76 — 3,503 ratings — published 1999
35 editions
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A Wedding in December A Wedding in December
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 2.91 — 4,337 ratings — published 2005
31 editions
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Testimony Testimony
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.38 — 3,443 ratings — published 2008
15 editions
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The Last Time They Met: A Nove... The Last Time They Met: A Novel
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.45 — 3,145 ratings — published 2001
30 editions
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Body Surfing: A Novel Body Surfing: A Novel
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 3.25 — 3,141 ratings — published 2007
18 editions
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All He Ever Wanted: A Novel All He Ever Wanted: A Novel
by Anita Shreve
avg rating 2.97 — 2,937 ratings — published 2003
28 editions
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"I first began thinking about the risks of (very) underage drinking. Usually, it's a single risky or careless moment with catastrophic consequences that intrigues me. " ...More

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"There are more experiences in life than you’d think for which there are no words."
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"Love is not simply the sum of sweet greetings and wrenching partings and kisses and embraces, but is made up more of the memory of what has happened and the imagining of what is to come."
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"I thought about how one tiny decision can change a life. A decision that takes only a split second to make."
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