J. Courtney Sullivan

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J. Courtney Sullivan is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, In Style, Men’s Vogue, the New York Observer, Tango, and in the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love (Morrow.) She contributes to the website someecards.com, and is co-editing an anthology about young women and feminism with Courtney E. Martin. She serves on the advisory board of Girls Write Now, is a graduate of Smith College, and works in the editorial department of the New York Times. Commencement is her first novel.

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Average rating: 3.29 · 21,761 ratings · 3,920 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	Maine 3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 13,730 ratings — published 2011 — 15 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
	Commencement 3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 7,665 ratings — published 2009 — 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 Engagements 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 46 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 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
	Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man 2.62 of 5 stars 2.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists by Courtney E. Martin (Editor), J. Courtney Sullivan (Editor) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2010 — 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

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“Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: gender-stereotypes, leave, marriage, men-and-women

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“She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock of learning how quickly it could disappear.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: lost-love

34 people liked it

“We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love us anyway.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

tags: parents

31 people liked it

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