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Alex George

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Alex George is a writer, a bookseller, a director of a literary festival, and a lawyer. He was born in England, but presently lives in the midwest of America.

His novel, A Good American, was published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of Penguin/Putnam, in February 2012. It was a #1 Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. It was a national and international bestseller.

Setting Free The Kites was published in 2017, also by Penguin. It was an Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Best Fiction Pick, a Library Reads Choice and a Midwest Connection Pick.

His latest novel, The Paris Hours, will be published by Flatiron Boo ...more

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Funny How Time Slips Away

I recently read a wonderful book, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt. It’s a memoir, written anonymously, about a writer who assumes the guise of a fictional character, Duchess Goldblatt, on Twitter. Twitter was made for Duchess Goldblatt; Duchess Goldblatt was (quite literally) made for Twitter. She is warm, arch, strikingly original, and extremely funny. Her tweets betray a deliciously skewed way of loo

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Average rating: 3.8 · 19,281 ratings · 3,368 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Good American 3.72 avg rating — 7,338 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Paris Hours 3.77 avg rating — 8,601 ratings — published 2020 — 9 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
	Setting Free the Kites 4.07 avg rating — 3,341 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Live Well Every Day 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
	A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary by Emma Short, Alex George (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men: An Annotated Critical Selection from the Untouchables, Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables? by B.R. Ambedkar, Alex George (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), S Anand (Contributor) 4.34 avg rating — 32 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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Alex George and 1 other person liked Hallie Sawyer's review of Setting Free the Kites: "I love the author's storytelling and the way he brings his characters into focus, often through witty dialogue and relatable inner struggles. Robert and his pal Nathan are such loveable characters and I wanted to hug these young boys throughout this " Read more of this review »
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“When he left us, he stole all the words.”
― Alex George, Setting Free the Kites

tags: abandonment, death, grief, loss

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“We are all immigrants, a glorious confection of races and beliefs, united by the rock that we live on. As the years wash over us and new generations march into the future, family histories are subsumed into the greater narrative. We become, simply, Americans.”
― Alex George, A Good American

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“The answer to most prayers is no.”
― Alex George, Setting Free the Kites

tags: faith, god, grief, loss, no, prayer

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What is your choice for April-2013, Post-2012 Book of the Month?

The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones

7 votes, 41.2%

The Storytellerby Jodi Picoult

5 votes, 29.4%

The One I Left Behindby Jennifer McMahon

3 votes, 17.6%

The House Girlby Tara Conklin

2 votes, 11.8%

The Orchardistby Amanda Coplin

0 votes, 0.0%

An Echo Through the Snow by Andrea Thalasinos

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A Good American by Alex George

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The Fate of Mercy Albanby Wendy Webb

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