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Victoria Zackheim

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born

November 06, 1944 in The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.victoriazackheim.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Women & Gender Studies

influences

Wallace Stegner, Jane Gardam

member since

May 2007

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Victoria Zackheim is the editor of four anthologies: The Other Woman, For Keeps, The Face in the Mirror, and He Said What? (2011). She is also the author of The Bone Weaver, a novel, and story developer/writer of the documentary film Tracing Thalidomide: The Story of Frances Kelsey (On the Road Productions) and writer of the film More Than A Lord's Daughter: Ida Byron Lovelace (On the Road), as well as a documentary about Ravensbruck. Her two-act play, based on five essays from The Other Woman, has its first reading in July 2010. Victoria teaches courses in Personal Essay in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. She is also a freelance writer and editor.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 205 ratings · 55 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal 3.25 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance 3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	He Said What?: Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Bone Weaver: A Novel 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	He Said What: Women Write about Moments When Everything Changed (Large Print 16pt) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	He Said What? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Victoria gave to: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt (Goodreads Author) read in August, 2010	My rating:
I stayed up until 2:30 this morning, and it's Caroline Leavitt's fault. I've been reading this novel in portions, like a scrumptious meal that must be made to last, but when I settled down at 11AM for a nibble, I couldn't stop. PICTURES OF YOU is a lo...more
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Victoria gave to: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett read in October, 2009	My rating:
I thoroughly enjoyed Bartlett's approach to a clever book thief and the book dealers who helped apprehend him. Based on what seems like hundreds of hours of interviews with the thief, the author has crafted a fast-moving and fascinating look into a p...more
Oct 26, 2009 11:59pm · see review
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