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Meredith O'Brien

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Contemporary

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February 2013

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A former newspaper reporter and investigative journalist, Meredith O'Brien has written four books in a variety of genres.

A Boston area writer, her latest book, "Uncomfortably Numb," is a medical memoir chronicling the impact her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has had on her life.

Her third book -- "Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room" -- won an Independent Book Publisher Award (Education category) and was a finalist for a Forewords INDIES Award (Education category). It follows a middle school jazz band from a small Massachusetts town that's led by a charismatic music director whose students are grieving the sudden loss of a band mate.

"Mortified: a novel about oversharing" follows a fictional ...more

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	Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis 4.37 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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
	Mortified: a novel about oversharing 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears, and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 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 Buying of the President by Charles Lewis (Goodreads Author), Alejandro Benes, Meredith O'Brien (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 2 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
	Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis 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