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Lynda Cohen Loigman

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Lynda Cohen Loigman grew up in Longmeadow, MA. She received a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, The Two-Family House, was a USA Today bestseller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman's World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple Magazine. The Matchmaker’s Gift, her third novel, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in September of 2022.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 87,555 ratings · 11,796 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Two-Family House 3.93 avg rating — 29,253 ratings — published 2016 — 14 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
	The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern 4.05 avg rating — 26,273 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	The Matchmaker's Gift 4.14 avg rating — 24,015 ratings — published 2022 — 18 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
	The Wartime Sisters 3.83 avg rating — 8,014 ratings — published 2019 — 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

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NEW SEASON, NEW BOOK

Hi everyone! It's the Tuesday after the long Labor Day weekend, which means autumn is in the air and new books are on the shelves. My third novel, The Matchmaker's Gift, comes out in just two weeks, and I'm absolutely BESIDE MYSELF with excitement! I've never had an autumn book before -- The Two-Family House was published in March, and The Wartime Sisters was out in January. There's something so s Read more of this blog post »

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“We always think our own grief is the worst—worse than everybody else’s. But the truth is, we never know for sure what the people around us are feeling.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Two-Family House

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“Words can do anything,” she said. “A kind word can fix a person’s spirit. A cruel one can break a person’s heart. Wicked words have caused wars, and honest words have made peace. Why shouldn’t they be able to heal?”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

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“The daily dread of being judged, of being measured and found lacking in some way, no matter how small, was a burden she carried, compact and profound. It was a too-heavy purse, worn and comfortable on her shoulder, which she did not know the weight of until she set it down.”
― Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Two-Family House

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Polls

January Side Read Nominations

We had a TIE

Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

14 votes, 22.6%

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

13 votes, 21.0%

The Zookeeper's Wife

by Diane Ackerman

10 votes, 16.1%

The Two-Family House

by Lynda Cohen Loigman

9 votes, 14.5%

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

7 votes, 11.3%

The Rosie Effect

by Graeme Simsion

5 votes, 8.1%

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

4 votes, 6.5%

62 total votes

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