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Tara Conklin

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in Christianstead, St. Croix, The United States

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Tara Conklin was born on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands and raised in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Yale University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and New York University School of Law. A joint US-UK citizen, Tara now lives in Seattle. Her first novel, The House Girl, was a NYTimes bestseller, #1 IndieNext pick and Target book club pick. Her second, The Last Romantics, was an instant NYTimes bestseller and chosen by Jenna Bush Hager as the inaugural read for The Today Show Book Club. Her new novel, COMMUNITY BOARD, is out March 28, 2023. Visit her at www.taraconklin.com ...more

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	The House Girl 3.77 avg rating — 63,059 ratings — published 2013 — 30 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 Last Romantics 3.70 avg rating — 46,292 ratings — published 2019 — 33 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
	Community Board 3.34 avg rating — 7,796 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	This is the Place: Women Writing about Home by Margot Kahn (Editor), Kelly McMasters (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tara Conklin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology, Volume 3 by Rachel Sargeant (Goodreads Author), Ian Madden, Rachel Howard 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Pangea An Anthology of Stories from Around the Globe by Rebecca Lloyd (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Indira Chandrasekhar (Editor), Liesl Jobson 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 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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	(The House Girl (P.S.)) [By: Conklin, Tara] [Mar, 2014] by Tara Conklin (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“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?”
― Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

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“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”
― Tara Conklin, The House Girl

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“The greatest works of poetry are the stories we tell about ourselves.”
― Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

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Polls

August BoTM Nominations ~ Historical Fiction ~1st Poll
Top 5 Books Move Onto Final Round

Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

4 votes, 13.8%

The Last House on the Street

by Diane Chamberlain

4 votes, 13.8%

Mustard Seed

by Laila Ibrahim

3 votes, 10.3%

The Weight of Ink

by Rachel Kadish

3 votes, 10.3%

Flight of the Sparrow

by Amy Belding Brown

3 votes, 10.3%

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

3 votes, 10.3%

The House Girl

by Tara Conklin

2 votes, 6.9%

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See

2 votes, 6.9%

Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

by Gill Paul

1 vote, 3.4%

Harlem Shuffle

by Colson Whitehead

1 vote, 3.4%

The Lost Letter

by Jillian Cantor

1 vote, 3.4%

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell

by William Klaber

1 vote, 3.4%

Song Yet Sung

by James McBride

1 vote, 3.4%

A Prayer for Owen Meany

by John Irving

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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