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Mary Beth Keane

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Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. She is the author of five novels, including ASK AGAIN, YES, which was a New York Times Best Seller and was translated into twenty-two languages. Her new novel, WHALE HARBOR, is forthcoming November 3, 2026.

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	Ask Again, Yes 3.93 avg rating — 207,806 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Half Moon 3.39 avg rating — 29,230 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,664 ratings — published 2013 — 53 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 Walking People 3.90 avg rating — 2,280 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Whale Harbor 4.58 avg rating — 118 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 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

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“We repeat what we don’t repair,”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

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“The thing is, Peter, grown-ups don't know what they're doing any better than kids do. That's the truth.”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

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“They'd both learned that a memory is a fact that has been dyed and trimmed and rinsed so many times that it comes out looking almost unrecognizable to anyone else who was in that room or anyone who was standing on the grass beneath that telephone pole.”
― Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

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December BoTM Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto final poll

This Tender Land

by William Kent Krueger

9 votes, 21.4%

The Giver of Stars

by Jojo Moyes

7 votes, 16.7%

Recursion

by Blake Crouch

6 votes, 14.3%

Never Have I Ever

by Joshilyn Jackson

5 votes, 11.9%

The Oysterville Sewing Circle

by Susan Wiggs

4 votes, 9.5%

Ask Again, Yes

by Mary Beth Keane

4 votes, 9.5%

I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney

2 votes, 4.8%

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro

2 votes, 4.8%

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

2 votes, 4.8%

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys

1 vote, 2.4%

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“In the end, everything will be okay. If it's not okay, it's not yet the end. ~Fernando Sabino, translated from Portuguese”
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“I think that before he turned and walked away from me I said that I was sorry. In this life there are those that apologise and those that do not. I am a person who says sorry if a passer-by stands on my foot.”
― Barbara Trapido, Brother of the More Famous Jack

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Mary~Thank you so much for taking me on as a friend. Love your writing and also the books you are reading. Excited for The Half Moon. Looking forward to just seeing the cover. Congratulations 🎉

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