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Jennifer S. Brown

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Jennifer S. Brown’s debut novel, Modern Girls , was a USA Today bestseller, a Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read,” and a 2016 Goodreads Choice semifinalist for Historical Fiction. Her writing has been published in Fiction Southeast, McSweeney’s, The Best Women’s Travel Writing, The Southeast Review, and Bellevue Literary Review, among other places. She teaches writing, both in-person in the Boston area and online through the Loft Literary Center. The Whisper Sister is her second novel. Jennifer lives with two beagles and a husband who pretends not to hear her when she says she wants to adopt more dogs.

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Jennifer S. Brown has read The Compound by Aisling Rawle	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
As a not-so-closet fan of reality shows and a lover of dystopian fiction, this book was written for me. Lily, a 20-year-old with only her looks going for her, enters in the Compound, a reality TV show that's a mix of Survivor and Love Island, with 19 ...more
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I picked this book up on a whim, never having heard of Jen Hatmaker. I'm fascinated by evangelical religions and I always love a good breakup story. Note, I am not Christian nor am I divorced, but I still enjoyed reading about Hatmaker's experience a ...more
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Started out as a fascinating story of the creator of a virtual world and his wife. When he dies, she remarries, but he seems to still be part of her life. At the end, things kind of fell apart for me.
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Another strong Alice Feeny thriller
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A high school senior, new at her high school, is propositioned by the principal. When she reports it, the town erupts, everyone taking sides. An interesting take.
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A thriller on a college campus: a group of kids with psychopathy are part of a program/study at a university in DC. A strong enough story to keep me enthralled on a five-hour drive. A good thriller with a unique take.
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Fun to read thriller with solid characters
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“It was possible, I found, to both mourn a loss and yet be grateful it happened.”
― Jennifer S. Brown, Modern Girls

tags: grief, loss, mourning

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“slipped away fast, and so far I had nothing to show for it except a bigger debt”
― Jennifer S. Brown, The Whisper Sister

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“Shame is for the Old World,” Sylvia said. “Flappers do as they please.”
― Jennifer S. Brown, The Whisper Sister

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August Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 books move onto final round

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

7 votes, 17.1%

In Pieces

by Sally Field

6 votes, 14.6%

The Chalk Man

by C.J. Tudor

6 votes, 14.6%

My Lovely Wife

by Samantha Downing

5 votes, 12.2%

The Bean Trees

by Barbara Kingsolver

4 votes, 9.8%

Beautiful Bad

by Annie Ward

3 votes, 7.3%

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Marra

3 votes, 7.3%

Pieces of Her

by Karin Slaughter

3 votes, 7.3%

Modern Girls

by Jennifer S. Brown

2 votes, 4.9%

The Vacationers

by Emma Straub

2 votes, 4.9%

41 total votes

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“In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

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“People think they have to physically die before going to heaven or starting new lives, depending on their religions. The truth is that you can start a new life anytime you choose, as easily as waking from a dream.”
― Holly Robinson, Folly Cove

tags: inspirational

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“It seems like there is no way to just write your story without becoming someone's poster child. You are not just your own voice, your own history--rather you carry the expectations of both extremes.”
― Lara Lillibridge, Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home

tags: memoir, writing

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