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Sara Jade Alan

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Sara Jade Alan wrote her first comedy sketch during second-grade recess, then cast it, directed it, and made costumes out of garbage bags. Since then she's performed in more than a thousand improvised and scripted shows. Currently she's one half the comedy duo The Novelistas, who perform about the highs and lows of writing and publishing. Raised in a suburb of Chicago, Sara now lives in Colorado with her husband--whom she met in her college improv group--and daughter. www.sarajadealan.com ...more

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A Messy, Beautiful Life

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Sara Alan and 31 other people liked Theresa Alan's review of The Book Club for Troublesome Women: "This is a lot of fun and good book for a club. Four married white women form a book club, with the first book being Betty Freidan’s The Feminine Mystic. The criticisms of that book are brought up in this novel (it’s only aimed at middle class white w" Read more of this review »
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