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Monica Kidd

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Canada

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Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Monica Kidd is an award-winning journalist specializing in science and health reporting, and a multidisciplinary writer. She is the author of eight books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 120 ratings · 23 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Crane 4.12 avg rating — 42 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
	The Momentum of Red: A Novel 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2004	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 Year of Our Beautiful Exile 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015	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
	Actualities 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007	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
	Chance Encounters With Wild Animals 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Handfuls of Bone 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	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 Other Woman 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy (The Uproute Every River Lit Series) by Eveline Kolijn, Alice Major, Larry Kapustka really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Beatrice 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 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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Monica Kidd rated a book it was amazing Toxemia by Christine McNair (Goodreads Author)	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 brain lit up and electric and a pressing sense of doom and headache in the bones that goes on and on and won't stop." This is how essayist / poet / book doctor / mother Christine McNair describes the physical and existential pain of gestational ...more
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Monica Kidd rated a book it was amazing Toxemia by Christine McNair (Goodreads Author)	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 brain lit up and electric and a pressing sense of doom and headache in the bones that goes on and on and won't stop." This is how essayist / poet / book doctor / mother Christine McNair describes the physical and existential pain of gestational ...more
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Monica Kidd rated a book it was amazing Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice by Lisa Moore	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
I remember seeing on Signal Hill in St. John's the replica solitary confinement cell Jack Whalen built to give people a sense of the horror he inhabited as a child, for sometimes weeks at a time. His was an incredibly difficult, necessary story to te ...more
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Monica Kidd rated a book it was amazing The Saltbox Olive by Angela Antle	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
On the surface, Angela Antle’s The Saltbox Olive is the story of two Newfoundland brothers who, desperate to leave an abusive home (and to be part of the excitement of defeating the Nazis), volunteer to fight in the Newfoundland Regiment, and who are ...more
Jun 30, 2025 03:00PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Monica Kidd liked nancy's review of The Crane: ""The true story? Do any of us ever really know anyone's true story? Maybe we all just agree on one." This book really is a poetic and heartfelt exploration of grief and war, not what I was expecting but I really enjoyed it! It was beautifully written," Read more of this review »
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Monica Kidd rated a book it was amazing Votive by Annick MacAskill (Goodreads Author)	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
Annick MacAskill is highly skilled at gathering together intensely personal moments with the universal and mythical while gently shoving you out the door to see the world afresh.
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