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Katie Crouch

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Katie Crouch is the New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks, Men and Dogs, and Abroad. Embassy Wife was optioned and is currently in development with 20th Television for series. She has also written essays for The New York Times, Slate, Salon, and Tin House. A former resident of Namibia and San Francisco, Crouch now lives in Vermont with her family and teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College.

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	Girls in Trucks 2.84 avg rating — 9,148 ratings — published 2008 — 26 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
	Embassy Wife 3.69 avg rating — 3,543 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Men and Dogs 3.06 avg rating — 3,655 ratings — published 2010 — 26 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 Magnolia League (Magnolia League, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 2,798 ratings — published 2011 — 21 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
	Abroad 3.42 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 2014 — 15 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 White Glove War (Magnolia League, #2) by Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author), Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 951 ratings — published 2012 — 11 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 Book on the Table: Flash Fiction by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author), Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2018	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
	AIDS Anthology of Writings by Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emily Shei (Editor), Nick Pawlowski (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	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
	El Marlín y la Sirena Protegen la Bahía by Daniel R. Ford, Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Translation) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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“Without a bellyful of liquor, all I am is a woman who cracks stupid jokes to make up for being shy.”
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“I watched, hoping she wouldn't come out too broke. It's all you can do for people sometimes, no matter how much you love them.”
― Katie Crouch, Girls in Trucks

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“He doesn't bother to talk, and I don't either, but we look. We stare. And for a moment, I am sure of everything. For a second, with my bare feet on the fresh thick grass, there has not been, for any of us, even one mistake.”
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey

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What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah Cornwell

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Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

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The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson

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Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson

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French Lessons by Ellen Sussman

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Zone One by Colson Whitehead

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Abroad by Katie Crouch

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Two Sisters by Mary Hogan

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