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Margo Rabb

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Margo Rabb is the author of the novels Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize, Kissing in America, Cures for Heartbreak, and the Missing Persons series. Kissing in America and Cures for Heartbreak both received four starred reviews; Kissing in America was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library, and the American Library Association, and was named to the Amelia Bloomer Project’s List of Recommended Feminist Literature. Her essays, journalism, book reviews, and short stories have been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Slate, Salon, Marie Claire, The Rumpus, Zoetrope: All-Story, Seventeen, Best New American Voices, New Stories from the South, One Story, One Te ...more

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	Kissing in America 3.50 avg rating — 3,831 ratings — published 2015 — 16 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
	Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize 3.71 avg rating — 1,160 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Cures for Heartbreak 3.65 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2007 — 12 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 Rose Queen (Missing Persons, #1) by M.E. Rabb, Margo Rabb (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2004 — 6 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 Chocolate Lover (Missing Persons, #2) by M.E. Rabb, Margo Rabb (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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 Venetian Policeman (Missing Persons #3) by M.E. Rabb, Margo Rabb (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2004 — 6 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 Unsuspecting Gourmet (Missing Persons, #4) by M.E. Rabb, Margo Rabb (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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
	Best New American Voices 2000 by Tobias Wolff (Editor), John Kulka (Series Editor), Natalie Danford (Series Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Midwest Writers' Resources 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
	Ghost Story Issue No. 24 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Lucy in the World!

My new novel, Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize, will be published on Tuesday, May 11th! (Photo by my very kind daughter.)

The launch event will be a virtual one on Tuesday, May 11th at 7pm EST, hosted by our beloved local indie bookshop, Children’s Book World. It will be streamed on Children’s Book World’s Facebook Live and YouTube channels, and will be in conversation with the amazing Madeline Miller

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“All good writers are weird. Proudly weird.”
― Margo Rabb, Kissing in America

tags: humour, inspirational-quote

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“I think sometimes the biggest influence isn't what's present in your life, but what's absent.

Those missing pieces that shape you and change you, the silences that are louder than the noise.”
― Margo Rabb, Kissing in America

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“Grief isn't like a map you can follow. It's not a simple route with a destination. Sometimes you loop back and find yourself in the exact same place you left.”
― Margo Rabb, Kissing in America

tags: grief

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