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Author of TOMBOYLAND: ESSAYS and the debut novel HEMLOCK, forthcoming January 20, 2026 from Little, Brown.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 2,942 ratings · 485 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno (Goodreads Author), Joey Soloway (Introduction) 3.98 avg rating — 2,495 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
	Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic by Eliza Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Haley Swanson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brooke Hauser (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Hemlock 3.83 avg rating — 66 ratings — 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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Melissa Faliveno liked Corky's review of Hemlock: "Dark introspection in the Northwoods. This novel caught my eye as a fellow Wisconsinite. I loved the queries into identity, addiction, and one's relationship with nature. The nods to having formerly been religious and the way that absence lingers wer" Read more of this review »
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Melissa Faliveno liked Elizabeth's review of Hemlock: "This is the book I've been looking ffor ages, so thank you, Melissa Faliveno, for writing it. Set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Sam returns to her family's cabin to fix it up before selling it. But the cabin isn't the only inheritance that makes it" Read more of this review »
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Melissa Faliveno liked Jensen McCorkel's review of Hemlock: "Quick very high level summary. This story follows a woman (Sam) who has worked hard to remain sober when she returns to the family cabin in the woods where her mom disappeared. She returns to the dilapidated cabin with the hopes of restoring it for he" Read more of this review »
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“To live well is to speak one’s truth—even if that truth is just a question.”
― Melissa Faliveno, Tomboyland: Essays

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“Is there anywhere that you feel like you can be your full self?” I ask. “No!” she yells, slapping the table and laughing. It’s a huge, contagious laugh, and it cuts through the noise of the bar. A few college kids look over at us. “Never! I don’t think I’ve ever been my full self anywhere. I don’t even think that’s a thing.”
― Melissa Faliveno, Tomboyland: Essays

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“And then she says something I’ve never heard a gun owner say: “I would give up every one of our guns if the mass shootings would stop. I would never touch another gun again if it meant that that would end.” “Really?” I ask. “Fuck yeah,” she says. “In a heartbeat. I don’t have to have these. Just because it’s my right doesn’t mean it is right.”
― Melissa Faliveno, Tomboyland: Essays

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