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Caitlin Barasch

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I primarily read literary fiction (with the occasional thriller or romance!) and short story collections.

Formerly: bookseller. Currently: creative writing instructor for adults & teens.

I enjoy traveling, bouldering, horseback riding, eating, wandering NYC, hiking, doting on my orange tabby cat... the list goes on.

As a reader and as a writer, I'm bored of the "likable" vs "unlikeable" binary re: female characters. I'm drawn to complicated, flawed, unhinged characters (aka human beings...) who make mistakes. And I'm always open to book recs along these lines! ...more

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Average rating: 3.47 · 5,745 ratings · 1,113 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Novel Obsession 3.47 avg rating — 5,729 ratings — published 2022 — 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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Don't Be a Stranger

by Susan Minot (Goodreads Author)

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Simple Recipes

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Cherry

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“I told myself not to take it personally—if they truly didn’t know me, if I hadn’t let them in, then the person they were rejecting was definitely not-me.”
― Caitlin Barasch, A Novel Obsession

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“I tend to drink too fast—eager to become the playful, chatty woman everyone thinks I am.”
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“Words, not children, can be manipulated and perfected and controlled, can someday perhaps even generate monumental, enduring ideas.”
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