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Marilyn Yalom

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The United States

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female

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http://www.myalom.com

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Women & Gender Studies, History, Nonfiction

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Marilyn Yalom grew up in Washington D.C. and was educated at Wellesley College, the Sorbonne, Harvard and Johns Hopkins. She has been a professor of French and comparative literature, director of an institute for research on women, a popular speaker on the lecture circuit, and the author of numerous books and articles on literature and women's history.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,145 ratings · 207 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	A History of the Wife 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2001 — 8 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
	History of the Breast 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1999 — 9 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
	How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Birth of the Chess Queen: A History 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2004 — 10 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
	The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds by Marilyn Yalom, Reid S. Yalom (Photographs) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2008 — 2 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
	Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women's Memory 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1993 — 2 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
	Maternity, Mortality, And The Literature Of Madness 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1985	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
	Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century by Marilyn Yalom (Editor), Diane Wood Middlebrook (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	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
	Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002 — 3 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
	Women Writers Of The West Coast: Speaking Of Their Lives And Careers 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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