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Joan Abelove

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in The United States

January 01, 1945

gender

female

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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Joan Abelove is an American writer of young adult novels. She attended Barnard College and has a Ph.D in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York. She spent two years in the jungles of Peru as part of her doctoral research and used the experience as background for her first novel, Go and Come Back (1998). Go and Come Back earned numerous awards and citations, including a "Best Books for Young Adults" selection of the American Library Association and "Book Prize Finalist" selection of the Los Angeles Times. she also wrote Saying it Out Loud. She is also in a critique group with Gail Carson Levine, writer of "Ella Enchanted" and "Writing Magic", a guide for child authors who wish to make their stories better. Joan Abelove no...more

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Joan Abelove's Books

Average rating: 3.51 · 331 ratings · 58 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Go and Come Back 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saying it Out Loud 3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost & Found: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction by M. Jerry Weiss (Editor), Helen S. Weiss (Editor), Joan Abelove (Contributor) 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Joan Abelove

“Everyone was eating, talking softly, glancing at me, hugging me, eating. It was as if someone had turned the volume down. Everything looked normal, but the sound was muted. Death did this, set all this weirdness in motion, made people appear out of nowhere carrying casseroles, saying 'I'm sorry' over and over, death muffled their voices.”
― Joan Abelove, Saying it Out Loud

tags: death, funerals, grief, grieving

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