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Ginny Rorby was raised in Winter Park, Florida, and lived in Miami during her career as a Pan American flight attendant. Midway through that career, she enrolled in the University of Miami to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology, graduated and changed direction again. She went on to receive an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. Her goal, after wrapping up her flying career and her graduate studies, was to move someplace where she would never be hot again. She now lives on the chilly coast of northern California. Ginny is the author 6 novels for Middle Grade and Young Adults readers: Freeing Finch, How to Speak Dolphin, Lost in the River of Grass, winner of the 2012 / 2013 Sunshine State Young Readers Award; ...more

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	Hurt Go Happy 4.27 avg rating — 2,710 ratings — published 2006 — 22 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
	How to Speak Dolphin 4.16 avg rating — 1,576 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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
	Lost in the River of Grass 3.90 avg rating — 1,599 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Outside of a Horse 4.31 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Like Dust, I Rise 4.63 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2021 — 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
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The Day I Quit Smoking

For forty-plus years I’ve told the story of how in a single day I quit smoking after doing so for 25 years, two packs a day. I received four injections. This, of course, begs the question, injections of what? That I couldn’t answer.

Both my parents were smokers, so I actually had my first cigarette when I was nine, but got seriously hooked in high school. On December 4, 1979, the day I quit, I’d

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“Hon hade varit döv i sex och ett halvt år. Ändå hände det att fortfarande att hon vaknade och tänkte att hon skulle nog kunna både se och höra när solen väl gått upp och det inte var mörkt längre. (s. 7)”
― Ginny Rorby, Hurt Go Happy

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“This is life, Kelsey, and all of life is our biological kin.” Hobbes studies her face. “At least while you are here, consider every living thing family.”
― Ginny Rorby, Girl Under Glass

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“Han sträckte fram handen för att hjälpa henne på fötter. "Ska vi äta tillsammans imorgon?" Joey nickade och tog hans hand. Inte för att det behövdes, det kändes redan som om hon svävade. (s. 100)”
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