David Ebershoff
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David Ebershoff is the author of three bestselling novels and a short story collection. His debut, THE DANISH GIRL, won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Lambda Literary Award, and an American Library Association Book Award. It is being adapted into a feature film with Nicole Kidman. His second novel, PASADENA, was named a Wall Street Journal Editor’s Pick, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, and became a New York Times bestseller. His short story collection, THE ROSE CITY, won the Ferro-Grumley Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.
His third novel, THE 19TH WIFE, was an immediate international bestseller, landing on the New York Times bestseller list ...more
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The 19th Wife: A Novel by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.60 — 3,186 ratings — published 2008 12 editions |
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The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.73 — 187 ratings — published 2000 9 editions |
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Pasadena: A Novel by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.31 — 96 ratings — published 2002 4 editions |
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The Rose City: Stories by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.43 — 14 ratings — published 2001 3 editions |
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The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 |
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Pasadena by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author), Lorna Raver avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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"Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love."
— David Ebershoff (The 19th Wife: A Novel)
— David Ebershoff (The 19th Wife: A Novel)
"I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth."
— David Ebershoff
— David Ebershoff
"Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain."
— David Ebershoff (The 19th Wife: A Novel)
— David Ebershoff (The 19th Wife: A Novel)
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The 19th Wife came today!! Thank you so much! It is a super long flight from DC to South Africa! I am so glad to have your book to read!!! Cheers!






































































