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Paula McLain

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in Fresno, California, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Suspense, Memoir

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March 2011

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Paula McLain is the author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling novels, The Paris Wife, Circling the Sun and Love and Ruin. Now she introduces When the Stars Go Dark (April 13, 2021), an atmospheric novel of intertwined destinies and heart-wrenching suspense. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996, and is also the author of two collections of poetry, the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, and the debut novel, A Ticket to Ride. Her work has has appeared in The New York Times, Real Simple, Town & Country, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Cleveland, Ohio. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 464,827 ratings · 41,672 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 292,975 ratings — published 2011 — 121 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
	Circling the Sun 3.93 avg rating — 77,969 ratings — published 2015 — 77 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
	When the Stars Go Dark 3.86 avg rating — 52,924 ratings — published 2021 — 36 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 and Ruin 3.86 avg rating — 24,725 ratings — published 2018 — 45 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 Mind of Her Own by Paula McLain (Goodreads Author), Hillary Huber (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.17 avg rating — 10,114 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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
	Ash Wednesday (A Point in Time, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 1,584 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses 3.71 avg rating — 1,715 ratings — published 2004 — 20 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 Ticket to Ride 3.34 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2008 — 23 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
	Something That Cannot Die: An Audible Original by Paula McLain (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Nixon (Narrator ) 3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Stumble, Gorgeous 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2005 — 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

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“To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it.”
― Paula McLain, The Paris Wife

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“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories.”
― Paula McLain, The Paris Wife

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“It gave me a sharp kind of sadness to think that no matter how much I loved him and tried to put him back together again, he might stay broken forever.”
― Paula McLain, The Paris Wife

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

Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins

14 votes, 21.9%

The Breakdown

by B.A. Paris

10 votes, 15.6%

Never Let You Go

by Chevy Stevens

8 votes, 12.5%

My Absolute Darling

by Gabriel Tallent

8 votes, 12.5%

Circling the Sun

by Paula McLain

8 votes, 12.5%

Behind Her Eyes

by Sarah Pinborough

5 votes, 7.8%

Swing Time

by Zadie Smith

5 votes, 7.8%

The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss

3 votes, 4.7%

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

2 votes, 3.1%

This is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

1 vote, 1.6%

64 total votes

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