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Victoria Patterson’s story collection The Secret Habit of Sorrow is forthcoming from Counterpoint Press in July 2018. She’s the author of the novel The Little Brother, which Vanity Fair called “a brutal, deeply empathetic, and emotionally wrenching examination of American male privilege and rape culture.” She is also the author of the novels The Peerless Four and This Vacant Paradise, a 2011 New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Her story collection, Drift, was a finalist for the California Book Award and the Story Prize and was selected as one of the best books of 2009 by The San Francisco Chronicle. She lives in South Pasadena, California with her family.

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	The Little Brother 3.83 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	This Vacant Paradise 3.27 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Drift 3.94 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Peerless Four 3.54 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books by Jeff Martin, C. Max Magee (Editor), Kyle Beachy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Beautiful Anthology by Elizabeth Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Victoria Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jessica Anya Blau (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 74 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 Secret Habit of Sorrow 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Literary Pasadena: The Fiction Edition by Patty O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michelle Huneven (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Jervey Tervalon (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 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
	Love in the Time of Time's Up: A Short Fiction Anthology by Christine Sneed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lynn Freed (Contributor), Gina Frangello (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	We're Really Cooking Now! (Butterbean's Cafe book) by Mickie Matheis, Victoria Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 4 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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“At one point, a man who looked not much older than me said that though he loved his family, he’d never felt like he belonged. “Maybe it’s not them, and it’s not their fault,” he said. “Maybe it’s me.”
― Victoria Patterson, The Little Brother

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January 2014 - Group Read: What would you like to read in January?
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8 votes, 5.8%

Hild - Nicola Griffith

8 votes, 5.8%

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald - Therese Anne Fowler

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Green Darkness - Anya Seton

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