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Karen Joy Fowler
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in Bloomington, Indiana, The United States
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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2013
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The Jane Austen Book Club
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2004
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97 editions
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Booth
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2022
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19 editions
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Sarah Canary
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1991
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Wit's End
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2008
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Sister Noon
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2001
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What I Didn't See, and Other Stories
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2002
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016
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2016
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The Sweetheart Season
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1996
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Black Glass
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1998
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Hello! I am an old lady bookling, too. There is, indeed, some rough stuff in We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves concerning our treatment of animals, particularly in the sections involving Lowell, Rosemary's brother. It would be easier to skip thr
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"Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. The book will be published on March 8th, 2022.
Writing: 4/5 Characters: 4.5/5 Plot: 4/5 What an unusual book. It is a fictional" Read more of this review » |
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"This is a remarkable book. It’s a great work of historical fiction, but it’s also a fascinating examination of a disfunctional family and generational trauma. In many ways it reminded me of intense character study thrillers like We Need to Talk About"
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"Fowler is a legend, gifting us with such broad topics and deep dives in each book!
Here should does it again; I loved Jennifer Chiaverini's Fates and Traitors, so Booth felt like a treat before even starting to read it. Both a captivaing look the Boo" Read more of this review » |
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“When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.”
― The Jane Austen Book Club
― The Jane Austen Book Club
“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true,
only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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Seana wrote: "Congratulations on your recent nomination for the Pen/Faulkner award, Karen. Although I wasn't surprised, I am delighted."Thank you so much, Seana! I am both delighted AND surprised!
Congratulations on your recent nomination for the Pen/Faulkner award, Karen. Although I wasn't surprised, I am delighted.
