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Lorna Jane Cook

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January 19, 1962

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Lorna Jane Cook is the author of DEPARTURES, a 2004 Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults; HOME AWAY FROM HOME, 2005; and OUTSIDE WONDERLAND, a 2011 Target Emerging Authors selection. She has a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology, and spent several years as a social worker at a runaway shelter, a home for teenage girls, and an emergency services program. She also was a legislative assistant for a Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. Besides writing, she volunteers with a local housing program. She is married with two sons and currently resides in western Michigan.

To contact her, email info@lornajcook.com

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	Outside Wonderland: A Novel 3.49 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 2011 — 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
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“Even if the decisions one made on a given day seemed crazy, it helped to think that all things happened for a mysterious reason.”
― Lorna Jane Cook, Outside Wonderland: A Novel

tags: decisions, fate

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“...accepted that bad things rose out of thin air, in the middle of normal life- when you weren't even looking, even if you were being careful, or good.”
― Lorna Jane Cook, Outside Wonderland: A Novel

tags: bad-things-happen

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“Funny how you can think that the world is ending but still believe things will work out. We always think there's going to be a happy ending somewhere.”
― Lorna Jane Cook, Outside Wonderland: A Novel

tags: end-of-the-world, happy-endings

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