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Allegra Goodman
Goodreads Author
Born
in Brooklyn, NY, The United States
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Influences
George Eliot, George Orwell, Jane Austen, Cynthia Ozick, Leo Tolstoy,
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May 2017
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Isola
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2025
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15 editions
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Sam
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2023
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7 editions
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The Cookbook Collector
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published
2010
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22 editions
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The Other Side of the Island
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2008
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13 editions
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Intuition: A Novel
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2006
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33 editions
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Kaaterskill Falls
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published
1999
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22 editions
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The Chalk Artist
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published
2017
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11 editions
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The Family Markowitz
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published
1996
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15 editions
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Paradise Park
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published
2001
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13 editions
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This Is Not About Us
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expected publication
2026
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4 editions
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I'm doing the "By the Book" Q&A in "The New York Times Book Review" this summer. These questions are so much fun. Watch for me . . .
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Allegra’s Recent Updates
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Jenna wrote: "Completely understand — my favorite book I read in 2024! But do go see the movie. It’s worth it."
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| Do you ever read a book you love so much that you don't want to see the movie? That's "Hamnet" for me. It's a dreamlike, evocative, and psychologically powerful tale of love, loss, and creativity. ...more | |
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| Lily King recommended this book to me and it did not disappoint. I was fascinated by Hazzard's remarkable style, her use of images, her acute sensitivity to mood and motive. Sentence by sentence this is a book to savor. As for the plot, it's sweeping ...more | |
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| I loved this group biography so much. The five artists are fascinating and the way Gabriel weaves their stories together is masterful. I particularly relished the discussion of how each woman broke through to paint in new ways. | |
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| I thoroughly enjoyed this account of the last act of several remarkable artists who happened to be women. It's inspiring to read about artists breaking barriers in the last years of their lives. I've always loved, for example, the way Matisse found a ...more | |
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Thank you so much, Monica! I'm excited for you to read "This Is Not About Us." Thank you as well for the encouragement to keep reviewing. I'll try to
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| Ahhh, what a beautiful book. I love the dialogue between Elinor and Marianne and the dialectic between sense and sensibility. What's wonderful as well is that Austen makes it a real debate. Each point of view has its strengths and weaknesses. Each si ...more | |
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| I loved this tender and encouraging book about writing and the writer's life. Sue Monk Kidd captures the challenges and the joys of sitting alone and creating imaginary worlds. I particularly like the way she uses events in her own life and tales of ...more | |
“How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.”
― The Cookbook Collector
― The Cookbook Collector
“People ask every day, "Why was I put on earth?" As if there is perhaps one reason. The truth is that there are too many reasons to count, and each reason and each soul connects to every other,”
― The Cookbook Collector
― The Cookbook Collector
“I myself was now an island. Solitary. Brambles and five-petalled flowers were my garden. Rocks my furniture. Ocean waves my lessons. Sadness overwhelmed me and sank back. Then, like the tide, joy crept in on me again.”
― Isola
― Isola
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