Tara Conklin
Goodreads Author
Born
in Christianstead, St. Croix, The United States
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November 2009
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The House Girl
30 editions
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2013
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The Last Romantics
33 editions
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2019
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Community Board
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2023
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This is the Place: Women Writing about Home
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2017
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Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology, Volume 3
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2010
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Pangea An Anthology of Stories from Around the Globe
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2012
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Community Board: Library Edition
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(The House Girl (P.S.)) [By: Conklin, Tara] [Mar, 2014]
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I loved this book! Incredibly moving and a real window into the history of WW2 that is largely unexplored in fiction. At the same time, it's an emotionally rich story of a multi-generational family. READ THIS book! (And fwiw - people who leave one st ...more | |
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“I was wrong to tell you that this is a story about the failures of love. No, it is about real love, true love. Imperfect, wretched, weak love. No fairy tales, no poetry. It is about the negotiations we undertake with ourselves in the name of love. Every day we struggle to decide what to give away and what to keep, but every day we make that calculation and we live with the results. This then is the true lesson: there is nothing romantic about love. Only the most naive believe it will save them. Only the hardiest of us will survive it.
And yet, And yet! We believe in love because we want to believe in it. Because really what else is there, amid all our glorious follies and urges and weaknesses and stumbles? The magic, the hope, the gorgeous idea of it. Because when the lights go out and we sit waiting in the dark, what do our fingers seek? Who do we teach for?”
― The Last Romantics
And yet, And yet! We believe in love because we want to believe in it. Because really what else is there, amid all our glorious follies and urges and weaknesses and stumbles? The magic, the hope, the gorgeous idea of it. Because when the lights go out and we sit waiting in the dark, what do our fingers seek? Who do we teach for?”
― The Last Romantics
“Let your heart lead you, do not be afraid, for there will be much to regret if reason and sense and fear are your only markers”
― The House Girl
― The House Girl
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Bestselling authors Tara Conklin and Christina Baker Kline are teaming up and spending the day answering your questions in this group! Join us on Fri ...more

June 13, 2013, 10 PST to 3 PST (noon to 6 PM EST)
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