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Gretchen Anthony

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GRETCHEN ANTHONY is a speaker, humorist, and author of Tired Ladies Take a Stand, a book that the Minneapolis Star Tribune predicted “will almost certainly be snapped up by books clubs everywhere.” Her previous titles include The Book Haters’ Book Club, and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners. Her novel The Kids Are Gonna Ask received the 2021 Alex Award from the American Library. She lives in Minneapolis with her family, where she stays on the hunt for a good story while listening to 70’s classic rock and scouting a great Manhattan.

She also hosts The Middle Book Club, a virtual book club dedicated to reading novels that feature midlife heroines.
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	The Book Haters' Book Club 3.44 avg rating — 5,600 ratings — published 2022 — 20 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
	Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners 3.51 avg rating — 2,572 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Kids Are Gonna Ask 3.44 avg rating — 1,251 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Tired Ladies Take a Stand 3.30 avg rating — 627 ratings — 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
	Meditations with Miya Blue 2.82 avg rating — 73 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
	All I Want for Christmas: A Holiday Sampler by Maisey Yates (Goodreads Author), Joanna Sims (Goodreads Author), Heather Graham (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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
	Deck the Fall: Your First Taste of Christmas Sampler by Joanna Sims (Goodreads Author), JoAnn Ross (Goodreads Author), Gretchen Anthony (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018	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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September and its Great Possibility

Tuesday was back-to-school day here. My husband stood at our office window and watched elementary school kids beneath oversized backpacks climb the stairs to their bus like beetles taking a hill. I went shopping for new notebooks and pens.

Understand, our household doesn’t require new school supplies anymore. Especially not me. And I certainly didn’t need to drive across town to buy them. But shop

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A Case of Life and Limb: The Trials of Gabriel Ward

by Sally Smith

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Blitz: The Club That Created the Eighties

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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)

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Gretchen Anthony voted on a poll in the group EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club BOTM Poll for January 2026 - Classics (1969 & before) Please pick your preferred group read below! You can change your vote any time up until closing of the poll. Polls will be open until November 28 She voted for: The Three Musketeers (431p) The Three Musketeers (431p) ...more
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Gretchen Anthony voted on a poll in the group EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club BOTM Poll for January 2026 - Bookshelf Catch-Up Please pick your preferred group read below! You can change your vote any time up until closing of the poll. Polls will be open until November 28 She voted for: The Grapes of Wrath (496p) The Grapes of Wrath (496p) ...more
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“Home is where you're supposed to go when life gets too confusing to deal with alone. It's an instinct.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

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“Loyalty is tricky like that. It’s a priceless gift and so easy to give to the wrong people.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

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“Some people are meant to stay put, and some people are meant to go. But running is different than going. When you're running, you spend the whole time looking over your shoulder. To go forward, you gotta look forward.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Kids Are Gonna Ask

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“To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.”
― Mark Twain

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