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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 4.68 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2020	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 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013	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 4.43 avg rating — 14 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
	Mortified: a book about oversharing 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013	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 4.27 avg rating — 15 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
	A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	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 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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: An Inside Look at the Special Interests Behind Clinton, Dole, Gramm, ... by Charles Lewis (Goodreads Author), Meredith O'Brien (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996	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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Loved this unpredictable, thoughtful examination of our past through the lens of the present and what we would or wouldn't do to change our trajectories. Thoroughly readable. I wanted to read it all in one sitting but restrained myself. ...more
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Just finished "With Or Without You" this weekend. It opens readers up to the notion that our brains are mysterious organs in which our thoughts, functions and personalities reside and, when that brain sustains damage it can undergo a frightening yet ...more
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