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Karen Schreck is the author of the young adult novel WHILE HE WAS AWAY (Sourcebooks Fire, May 2012), as well as the novel DREAM JOURNAL, which was a 2006 Young Adult BookSense Pick, and the award-winning children's book, LUCY'S FAMILY TREE. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize and an Illinois State Arts Council Grant, Karen received her doctorate in English and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She writes and teaches for a living, and she loves visiting schools and other gatherings of readers and writers to talk about her books the writing process.

For more information or to contact Karen, please visit her blog: http://karenschreck.com/blog


It was only when my publicist Derry Wilkins at Sourcebooks Fire asked if I had any images that I wanted to send to the producer for my appearance on the TV show, Rise and Shine, that I thought: How could I forget?

Mom.

Mom with Orville.

1944-1945.


One of the central characters in While He Was Away was inspired by my mother—an experience that she survived, that she told me about just before she d...

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Published on May 16, 2012 07:33 • 4 views
Average rating: 3.45 · 143 ratings · 75 reviews · 3 distinct works
While He Was Away
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2012
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Dream Journal
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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“If you love something, let it go...”
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“We shouldn’t wait too long for anything or anyone that we really care about.”
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“David and I were big. Are big. But the broken, beat-up, warring, loving, beautiful, truthful world is bigger than us by far.”
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