Sena Jeter Naslund

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female

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Birmingham, The United States

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http://www.senajeternaslund.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Sena Jeter Naslund is the New York Times best-selling author of five novels, including Ahab's Wife (1999) and Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette (HarperCollins, 2006). She is currently Distinguished Teaching Professor and Writer in Residence at the University of Louisville and program director of the Spalding University brief-residency Master in Fine Arts in Writing. Recipient of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction Award, she is co-founder of The Louisville Review and the Fleur-de-Lis Press. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky."

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avg rating: 3.88 | 6,857 ratings | 1,453 reviews | 8 distinct works | 19 fans

	Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 4.04 — 3,996 ratings — published 1999 16 editions	my rating:
	Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 3.62 — 1,705 ratings — published 2006 14 editions	my rating:
	Four Spirits: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 3.67 — 403 ratings — published 2003 4 editions	my rating:
	Sherlock in Love: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 3.23 — 78 ratings — published 1993 2 editions	my rating:
	The Disobedience of Water: Stories and Novellas by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 3.44 — 62 ratings — published 1997 2 editions	my rating:
	High Horse: Contemporary Writing by the MFA Faculty of Spalding University by Sena Jeter Naslund (Editor), Kathleen Driskell (Editor) avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Ice Skating at the North Pole by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1989	my rating:
	The Animal Way to Love by Sena Jeter Naslund avg rating 1.00 — 1 rating — published 1993	my rating:

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quotes by Sena Jeter Naslund

"If you meet a woman of whatever complexion who sails her life with strength and grace and assurance, talk to her! And what you will find is that there has been a suffering, that at some time she has left herself for hanging dead."
— Sena Jeter Naslund (Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel)

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"That's the way it is in life. You let go of what is beautiful and unique. You pursue something new and don't even know that the wind of your own running is a thief."
— Sena Jeter Naslund (Ahab's Wife)

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"Her eys were as green as the sea, and forever I forgave the sea for not appearing blue."
— Sena Jeter Naslund

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