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Adrienne Brodeur is the author of the novel "Little Monsters," a New York Times Editor's Choice and a Vogue Best Book of 2023, and the memoir “Wild Game,” which was a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, NPR, People, and the Washington Post. Both "Little Monster" and "Wild Game" are in development as films. She founded the literary magazine, “Zoetrope: All-Story” with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, was an acquiring editor at HMH Books, and served as a judge for the National Book Award. Her essays have appeared in Glamour, O Magazine, The National, The New York Times, Vogue, and other publications. She is the Executive Director of the literary nonprofit, Aspen Words ...more

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	Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me 3.98 avg rating — 33,710 ratings — published 2019 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Monsters 3.67 avg rating — 18,904 ratings — published 2023 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Camp 3.08 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope: All-Story by Adrienne Brodeur (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samantha Schnee (Editor), Francis Ford Coppola (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Monsters by Máire Roche (Goodreads Author), Adrienne Brodeur (Goodreads Author), Stephen Graybill 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hutchinson Heinemann Little Monsters PERFECT FOR FANS OF FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE AND THE PAPER PALACE. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family Romance 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Zoetrope All-Story Spring 2007 Vol. 11 No. 1 by Will Oldham (Illustrator), Woody Allen (Contributor), Helen Simpson (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Loneliness is not about how many people you have around. It’s about whether or not you feel connected. Whether or not you’re able to be yourself.”
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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. —SøREN KIERKEGAARD”
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“As any magician knows, it is not the smoke and mirrors that trick people; it is that the human mind makes assumptions and misunderstands them as truths.”
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October Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
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The Plot

by Jean Hanff Korelitz

6 votes, 18.2%

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

6 votes, 18.2%

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

6 votes, 18.2%

Confessions on the 7:45

by Lisa Unger

6 votes, 18.2%

What Could Be Saved

by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz

3 votes, 9.1%

The Moor's Account

by Laila Lalami

2 votes, 6.1%

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

by Adrienne Brodeur

2 votes, 6.1%

The Holdout

by Graham Moore

2 votes, 6.1%

The City We Became

by N.K. Jemisin

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The Fortunate Ones

by Ed Tarkington

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