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Ellen Barker
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East of Troost
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2022
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The Breaks
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2025
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Still Needs Work
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2024
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Nothing North of Delmar
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2026
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Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis: Women Writers Respond to the Call
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Art in a Time of Unbearable
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Lulu in the Loop
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More about Changing Demographics and Civil Rights
Listen to this podcast with Julia Brewer Daily on the story behind East of Troost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPFifnBujE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPFifnBujE
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There something wonderful about Lorrie Moore's depiction of teenage girls in this book. It feels personal and true, with all the self-love and great self-loathing of adolescence, especially around 1970.
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| Reread (via audiobook) many years after reading it the first time and seeing the movie. It's a very long audiobook--it lasted through many long walks, cooking sessions, and errand-running. Still a great story with great characters. ...more | |
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| I liked this book better than many reviewers. I'm a sucker for subtle, dry humor and Elinor Lipman delivers, with Mia Barrow reading. In fact, I found this book because I was looking for books read by her. I'm particular when I'm listening rather tha ...more | |
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“I have had countless men repeat my ideas back to me as if they were theirs - as if I would not remember having come up with those thoughts in the first place.”
― Trust
― Trust
“Many people accuse me of “not looking autistic”. I have no idea what that means. I know lots of ‘autistics’ and we all look different. We are not some recognisable breed. We are human beings. If we’re not out of the ordinary, it’s because we’re fighting to hide our real selves”
― Diary of a Young Naturalist
― Diary of a Young Naturalist
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