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Anna Bruno is a writer and teacher at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. Previously, Anna managed public relations and marketing for technology and financial services companies in Silicon Valley. She holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, an MBA from Cornell University, and a BA from Stanford University. She lives in Iowa City with her husband, son, and blue heeler. Ordinary Hazards is her first novel.

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Average rating: 3.64 · 1,368 ratings · 367 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ordinary Hazards 3.63 avg rating — 1,094 ratings — published 2020 — 11 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
	Fine Young People: A Novel 3.69 avg rating — 333 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

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November Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto final poll

The World That We Knew

by Alice Hoffman

11 votes, 33.3%

Mercy House

by Alena Dillon

4 votes, 12.1%

Ayesha at Last

by Uzma Jalaluddin

3 votes, 9.1%

The Glittering Hour

by Iona Grey

3 votes, 9.1%

To The Bright Edge of the World

by Eowyn Ivey

3 votes, 9.1%

A Long Petal of the Sea

by Isabel Allende

2 votes, 6.1%

Ordinary Hazards

by Anna Bruno

2 votes, 6.1%

This Is How I Lied

by Heather Gudenkauf

2 votes, 6.1%

The Line Between

by Tosca Lee

1 vote, 3.0%

His & Hers

by Alice Feeney

1 vote, 3.0%

Playing Nice

by J.P. Delaney

1 vote, 3.0%

33 total votes

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“Brothers and sisters are especially loath to admit their true feelings. Theirs is the most cryptic of all bonds. Sisters talk things out. Brothers fight them out, but a brother and a sister can only know and it is the knowing that reinforces the connection.”
― Anna Bruno, Fine Young People: A Novel

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