A.M. Homes

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A.M. Homes

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December 18, 1961 in Washington, D.C., The United States

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A.M. Homes is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collections, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects, the travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill, and the artist's book Appendix A: An Elaboration on the Novel the End of Alice.

In April of 2007 Viking published her long awaited memoir, The Mistress's Daughter, the story of the author being "found" by her biological family, and a literary exploration and investigation of identity, adoption and genealogical ties that bind.

Her work has been translated into eighteen languages and appears frequently in Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, McSweene...more


Average rating: 3.57 · 10,836 ratings · 1,619 reviews · 30 distinct works
This Book Will Save Your Life
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 2,600 ratings — published 2006 — 26 editions
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The End of Alice
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,705 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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The Mistress's Daughter
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 1,758 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions
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The Safety of Objects
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,362 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions
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Music for Torching
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,314 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions
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Things You Should Know: A C...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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In a Country of Mothers
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Jack
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions
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Appendix A: An Elaboration ...
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1996
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Los Angeles: People, Places...
2.97 of 5 stars 2.97 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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“If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.”
A.M. Homes

“I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's family name - she is in effect lost, evaporated from all records under her maiden name. I finally understand the anger behind feminism - the idea that as a woman you are property to be conveyed between your father and your husband, but never an individual who exists independently. And on the flip side, it is also one of the few ways one can legitimately get lost - no one questions it.”
A.M. Homes, The Mistress's Daughter

“I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.”
A.M. Homes

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