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Robin Romm

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born
December 02, 1975 in Eugene, Oregon, The United States

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mortality, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Brother's Grimm

member since
October 2007


About this author

Robin Romm is the author of two books, The Mother Garden (stories) and The Mercy Papers (a memoir). The Mercy Papers received the cover review of the New York Times Book Review ("a furious blaze of a book") in January 2009. The Mother Garden was a finalist for the PEN USA prize and the Northern California Independent Bookseller Book of the Year Award. She teaches in the MFA program at New Mexico State.


Average rating: 3.76 · 456 ratings · 133 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Mercy Papers
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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The Mother Garden
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Tilt
4.73 of 5 stars 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005
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October 2009, Robin Romm
" General Questions SS: What were your previous occupations? RR: federal investigator, art teacher, nanny SS: What was/is your favorite job? RR: Writing. SS: Where did you go to high school and/or college? RR: South Eugene High School then to Brown Uni..." ...More

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Like Kate Walbert's A Short History of Women, my favorite book of 2009, I talked of nothing else in 2005 when I read The Fixer. Malamud's classic about a Jewish man falsely accused of bleeding a Christian child is about the best meditation on sufferi...more
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Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
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Well, this book has been sitting around my childhood home for years and I always assumed that I read it in high school. Once I started it, though, I felt like I hadn't ever read it. Just faked it. I did that a lot in high school. I loved this book. I...more
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This odd Canadian novel is told from the perspective of a jaded teenage Mennonite. It's in first person and takes a while to get into. But once you're in, you're in. Toews opens the door to a world we don't see. A fantastic read for lovers of smart,...more
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I haven't loved a book like I loved this book in years. Walbert has written a profoundly smart, insanely moving book about generations of women, beginning with a suffragette and ending with a contemporary college student. She depicts, effortlessly, t...more
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Alicia B. Your GoodRead's list has given me some really great reads to add to mine. Thank you!


Sundang Saputra Hi Robin, nice to know You... lets share any good info


Daniel
Well Robin, I've added The Mother Garden and your other book The Tilt to my to-read list.


Lindsay Poveromo Wow, I can't believe Robin Romm is actually my friend on Good Reads! Color me star struck! Ha. Ms. Romm, your book "The Mother Garden" was by far one of the best books that 2007 has sprung on me. I have passed it onto my mother, who passed it on to my aunt, who passed it on to my other aunt, who passed it on to my cousins -- and everyone who reads it falls just as in love with it as I did. Thank you for creating such a beautiful work of art to share with the world!


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