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Claire Cook
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Hi Everybody!
NEWSFLASH!This just in!TIME FLIESis aJune Indie Next pick!Many, many thanks to the terrific independent booksellers across the country for your support. Indies Rock!!
Years ago, Melanie followed her husband, Kurt, from the New England beach town where their two young sons were thriving to the suburbs of Atlanta. She’s carved out a life as a successful metal sculptor, but when Kurt...
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Must Love Dogs
— published 2002 — 16 editions |
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Life's a Beach
— published 2007 — 23 editions |
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The Wildwater Walking Club
— published 2009 — 13 editions |
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Seven Year Switch
— published 2010 — 11 editions |
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Summer Blowout
— published 2008 — 12 editions |
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Wallflower in Bloom
— published 2012 — 12 editions |
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Best Staged Plans
— published 2011 — 11 editions |
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Multiple Choice
— published 2004 — 13 editions |
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Ready to Fall
— published 2000 — 4 editions |
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Time Flies: A Novel
— expected publication 2013 — 5 editions |
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Summer Blowout Q&A (Literature & Fiction)
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An interview with Claire Cook, bestselling author of Summer Blowout, Life's a Beach and Must Love Dogs.
Friends Don't Let Friends Walk Alone! (Entertainment)
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updated Feb 04, 2009 09:11am
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stories about women, walking, and friendship
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So grateful for these lovely pre-pub reviews: "Like all of Claire Cook's exhuberant novels, TIME FLIES will make you laugh, make you cry, get you thinking and leave you with the feeling that the best part of your own life has only just begun!"- Jill M...more |
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| I was lucky enough to read an early copy. Haunting, mysterious and lyrical, Beth Hoffman’s LOOKING FOR ME is the story of Teddi and her journey from a hardscrabble life in Kentucky to charming, genteel, gentrified Charleston. But it’s really the stor...more | |
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Put Allie Larkin's second novel on your to-read shelf! She's a fabulous author, and if you haven't yet discovered her first novel, STAY, you have time to read that one while you wait for WHY CAN'T I BE YOU. (Plume/Feb. 26, 2013.) Fun, smart, charming,...more |
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“If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.”
― Claire Cook, Seven Year Switch
― Claire Cook, Seven Year Switch
“What do I want? What kind of question is that? I want what everybody wants. I want someone who has my back. I want someone's name to put in the space after "in an emergecy please call." I want someone who will drink the other half of the bottle of wine so I don't. And someone to make it worth sitting down at an actual table to eat. I want someone who's dying to get home after a long day because I'm going to be there.”
― Claire Cook, Best Staged Plans
― Claire Cook, Best Staged Plans
“Maybe if the right person floats into your life, you have to jump in with both feet and try to make it work before the tide turns.”
― Claire Cook, Summer Blowout
― Claire Cook, Summer Blowout
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“Because I know what it's like to pour your heart and soul into a book, day after day after day, when it comes to the work of other authors, I either give them five stars -- or say nothing! I simply can't bring myself to do anything else.”
― Claire Cook
― Claire Cook
“I opened both eyes. Dread was sitting on my chest as if it were an animal. I mean, dread so real it had physical presence, like a Labrador retriever I could teach tricks to. Here, Dread. Sit, Dread. Roll over, Dread. Play dead, Dread.”
― Claire Cook, Wallflower in Bloom
― Claire Cook, Wallflower in Bloom
“I had a system, too, though I was pretty sure I’d ever acknowledged it before, even to myself. My closet was arranged by size: Now, Not That Long Ago, Once Upon a Time, Never Again, and In Your Dreams. I didn’t even have to check the tags to verify the humiliating range of ever-increasing numerals displayed on them. I wondered what size I’d be when I’d finally had enough.”
― Claire Cook, Wallflower in Bloom
― Claire Cook, Wallflower in Bloom
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Melissa
May 28, 2012 07:18am
Thanks, Claire! Happy Memorial Day!
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Hi Claire, thanks for inviting me to be your friend. I just ordered two of your books. I have read great reviews from both. I would love to win the spa weekend. I will keep my fingers crossed that I am the one chosen.Sincerely, Shirley
Hi Claire, I'm so honored to be your friend and your fan as well. I'm currently co-authoring a novel and there's two heroines...one is named Clair (no e).Blessings,
Jeannie
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HI, Claire!Thank you for the invitation. Pleased to have you as a friend.
Sounds like you've been a pretty busy lady.
Best Wishes for a great Holiday Season and a Very Merry Christmas!
Elena
Hi Claire!Thanks so much for adding me as a friend :)) I totally loved Must Love Dogs---and I totally related with Multiple Choice. Must admit that one introduced my into chocotinis---Yum :)
Ellen
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