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Jess Kidd

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Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Fantasy

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Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from county Mayo and has been praised for her unique fictional voice. Her debut, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016. She won the Costa Short Story Award the same year. Her second novel, The Hoarder, published as Mr. Flood's Last Resort in the U.S. and Canada was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2019. Both books were BBC Radio 2 Book Club Picks. Her latest book, the Victorian detective tale Things in Jars, has been released to critical acclaim. Jess’s work has been described as ‘Gabriel García Márquez meets The Pogues.’ ...more

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	Things in Jars 3.70 avg rating — 21,327 ratings — published 2019 — 33 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
	Himself 3.92 avg rating — 12,446 ratings — published 2017 — 28 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
	Mr. Flood's Last Resort 3.80 avg rating — 8,743 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Night Ship 3.69 avg rating — 6,906 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins (Goodreads Author), Natasha Pulley, Imogen Hermes Gowar 3.61 avg rating — 4,817 ratings — published 2021 — 20 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
	Everyday Magic 3.95 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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
	Himself / The Hoarder: 2 books 4.24 avg rating — 21 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
	Jess Kidd Collection 3 Books Set by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author), Himself By Jess Kidd (Contributor), Things in Jars By Jess Kidd (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 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
	Dirty Little Fishes 4.57 avg rating — 7 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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Feb 2022 – The Night Ship

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“Words are capable of flying. They dart through windows, over fences, between bar stools and across courtyards. They travel rapidly from mouth to ear, from ear to mouth. And as they go, they pick up speed and weight and substance and gravity. Until they land with a scud, take seed and grow as fast as the unruliest of beanstalks.”
― Jess Kidd, Himself

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“Memory is like a wayward dog. Sometimes it drops the ball and sometimes it brings it, and sometimes it doesn’t bring a ball at all; it brings a shoe.”
― Jess Kidd, The Hoarder

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“It is a truth universally unacknowledged that when the dead are trying to remember something, the living are trying harder to forget it.”
― Jess Kidd, Himself

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Voting for March 2020 Group Read - A three word title

Lying and Dying by Graham Brack

5 votes, 17.2%

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

5 votes, 17.2%

The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell

4 votes, 13.8%

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

4 votes, 13.8%

Beware the Past by Joy Ellis

3 votes, 10.3%

The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey

3 votes, 10.3%

One Last Child by Anni Taylor

3 votes, 10.3%

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

2 votes, 6.9%

The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen

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The Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm

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Goodreads Ireland: April- June Quarterly Nominations	10	43	Mar 25, 2017 01:32AM
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Goodreads Ireland: Questions for the Author: Himself	13	134	Jun 18, 2017 01:13AM
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