Monica Wood

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Monica Wood is the author of four works of fiction, most recently The One-in-a-Million-Boy, which won a 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) and the 2017 fiction prize from the New England Society in the City of New York. She also is the author of Any Bitter Thing which spent 21 weeks on the American Booksellers Association extended bestseller list and was named a Book Sense Top Ten pick. Her other fiction includes Ernie’s Ark and My Only Story, a finalist for the Kate Chopin Award.

Monica is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a memoir of her growing up in Mexico, Maine. The book won the Maine Literary Award for Memoir in 2013, and the Sarton Women's Literary Awards for Memoir in 2012. ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 39,995 ratings · 5,702 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	The One-in-a-Million Boy 4.09 avg rating — 29,332 ratings — published 2016 — 47 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 We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine 3.86 avg rating — 4,739 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Any Bitter Thing 3.78 avg rating — 2,269 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing 4.01 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Description 4.06 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Ernie's Ark 3.85 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	A Woman in a Million 3.38 avg rating — 447 ratings — 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
	My Only Story 3.54 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2000 — 5 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
	Secret Language 3.69 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	The Pocket Muse 2: Endless Inspiration for Writers 4.12 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2006 — 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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“You know, one meets so many people, the years pass and pass, but there are certain times, certain people— . . . They take up room. So much room. I was married to Howard for twenty-eight years and yet he made only a piddling dent in my memory. A little nick. But certain others, they move in and make themselves at home and start flapping their arms in the story you make of your life. They have a wingspan. . . .”
― Monica Wood, The One-in-a-Million Boy

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“Because the story of your life never starts at the beginning.”
― Monica Wood, The One-in-a-Million Boy

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“Convince is for thought; persuade is for action. You couldn’t convince me that taping my horrible old-lady voice was a good idea, but you persuaded me to do it anyway, didn’t you, you little dickens?”
― Monica Wood, The One-in-a-Million Boy

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Polls

August Side Read Nominations - 1st Poll
Top 5 books move onto final poll

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

23 votes, 47.9%

The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss

5 votes, 10.4%

Crazy Rich Asians

by Kevin Kwan

5 votes, 10.4%

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

5 votes, 10.4%

The Cutting Season

by Attica Locke

3 votes, 6.3%

Anatomy of a Scandal

by Sarah Vaughan

3 votes, 6.3%

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

1 vote, 2.1%

The One-in-a-Million Boy

by Monica Wood

1 vote, 2.1%

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

by Jesmyn Ward

1 vote, 2.1%

Rainbirds

by Clarissa Goenawan

1 vote, 2.1%

48 total votes

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