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Susan Orlean
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October 31, 1955
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About this author
The Utah mayor who recently confessed that he wrote happy news stories about his town using a pseudonym, often quoting himself, was living a writer's dream. I haven't read his stories, but I like to think he didn't hold back at all. Instead of just quoting himself, I'm hoping he went all out, lavishing praise on himself: "According to the young, handsome mayor of West Valley City…" or maybe "A...
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
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1998
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Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
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2011
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The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
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2001
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My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere
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2004
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The Best American Essays 2005
by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) , Robert Atwan 3.92 avg rating — 165 ratings
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2005
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The Best American Travel Writing 2007
by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) , Jason Wilson 3.80 avg rating — 181 ratings
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2007
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Saturday Night
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1990
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Lazy Little Loafers
by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author), G. Brian Karas , G Brian Karas  3.39 avg rating — 72 ratings
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2008
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Animalish
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2011
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Red Sox and Bluefish and Other Things That Make New England New England
by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author), Hal Mayforth 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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1987
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“The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.”
― Susan Orlean
― Susan Orlean
“I don't like hiking with convicts carrying machetes.”
― Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
― Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
“I suppose I do have one embarrassing passion- I want to know what it feels like to care about something passionately.”
― Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
― Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
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| Novel Ladies: Group Read Nominations - November 2011 | 61 | 17 | Oct 13, 2011 06:58am | |
| No Name Book Club : The 2010/2011 TBR Thread | 18 | 11 | Oct 28, 2011 12:01pm | |
| Mid-Continent Pub...: Publishers Weekly Best Books 2011 | 5 | 9 | Nov 17, 2011 09:03am | |
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| You'll love this ...: Kimberly's Reporting Thread | 18 | 59 | Jan 03, 2012 07:45am | |
| Around the World ...: Florida | 5 | 23 | May 14, 2012 04:59pm | |
| Women and Books: A to Z Author Game | 45 | 27 | May 23, 2012 12:59pm |
