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Becky Mandelbaum is the author of THE BRIGHT SIDE SANCTUARY FOR ANIMALS, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on August 4, 2020. She is also the author of BAD KANSAS, which received the 2016 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Originally from Kansas, she currently lives in Washington State.

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	The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals 3.63 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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
	Bad Kansas: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) 4.20 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2017 — 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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	Rituals to Observe: Stories about Holidays from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction by Ethan Laughman (Editor), Gail Galloway Adams (Contributor), David Crouse (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Spinning Away from the Center: Stories about Homesickness and Homecoming from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction by Ethan Laughman (Editor), Ed Allen (Contributor), Wendy Brenner (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
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“Tonight, we participate in a holiday that has, at its heart, a historical lie. A holiday that celebrates an imaginary friendship between settlers and indigenous peoples, that erases all mention of the genocides exacted upon this land’s rightful stewards. Tonight, in defiance of this lie but in reverence to its themes of gratitude and comradery, we celebrate not the people who stole this land from those who called it home long, long before us, but the land itself, land that has sustained us and our fellow animals despite the atrocities committed upon it.”
― Becky Mandelbaum, The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel

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