Lionel Shriver
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born
May 18, 1957
in Gastonia, NC, The United States
gender
female
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We Need to Talk About Kevin   3.99 avg rating — 15,044 ratings
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2003
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The Post-Birthday World 3.43 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
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2007
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So Much for That 3.56 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
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2010
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Double Fault 2.94 avg rating — 468 ratings
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1997
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A Perfectly Good Family: A Novel 3.15 avg rating — 328 ratings
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2007
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Game Control: A Novel 3.13 avg rating — 143 ratings
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1994
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The Female of the Species 3.41 avg rating — 79 ratings
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1988
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Checker and the Derailleurs 3.61 avg rating — 46 ratings
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1989
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The Book Club Bible: The Definitive Guide That Every Book Club Member Needs 3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
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2007
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The New Republic: A Novel 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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2012
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“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.”
― Lionel Shriver, Checker and the Derailleurs
― Lionel Shriver, Checker and the Derailleurs
“...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
“There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian dilemmas that confront the average citizen in other areas of life ... the stakes in this realm could not be higher. For chances are that at some point along the line you will hold in your hands another person's heart. There is no greater responsibility on the planet. However you contend with this fragile organ, which pounds or seizes in accordance with your caprice, will take your full measure.”
― Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World
― Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World
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