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Ann Brashares


Born
in Virginia, The United States
July 30, 1967

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Literature & Fiction, Romance, Young Adult


Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the D.C. area called Sidwell Friends. She studied Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City. Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New York City and worked as an editor for many years. Ann made the transition from editor to full-time writer with her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ann and her husband live with their three children in New York. ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,073,353 ratings · 31,707 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors
The Sisterhood of the Trave...
3.83 avg rating — 691,099 ratings — published 2001 — 127 editions
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The Second Summer of the Si...
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Girls in Pants: The Third S...
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Forever in Blue: The Fourth...
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Sisterhood Everlasting (Sis...
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My Name Is Memory
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The Last Summer of You and Me
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The Here and Now
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3 Willows: The Sisterhood G...
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The Whole Thing Together
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The Sisterhood of the Trave... The Second Summer of the Si... Girls in Pants: The Third S... Forever in Blue: The Fourth... Sisterhood Everlasting
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“Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
tags: bailey, happiness, loser, sisterhood
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“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”
― Ann Brashares, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
tags: agape, family, life, love, unconditional-love
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“Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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