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Sonja Yoerg

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in Burlington, VT, The United States

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Fiction, Science

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I grew up in Stowe, Vermont, the daughter of a ski instructor and a history teacher. In my first incarnation, I was a animal behaviorist who studied learning in blue jays, hyenas and kangaroo rats. I wrote a book about that. Now I make stuff up.

I've published several novels, including TRUE PLACES, a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Yeah, typing that makes me smile because reaching readers is the point, right? My upcoming release, THE FAMILY SHIP, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Watch for it on February 23, 2021.

When I'm not writing or pretending to be writing, I run, garden, cook, eat, drink wine, then run some more. My husband and I live in central Virginia with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's quiet a ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 37,134 ratings · 3,350 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	True Places 3.95 avg rating — 22,359 ratings — published 2019 — 9 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
	Stories We Never Told 3.70 avg rating — 8,477 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
	All the Best People 3.77 avg rating — 2,273 ratings — published 2017 — 8 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
	House Broken 3.77 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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 Middle of Somewhere 3.76 avg rating — 999 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Family Ship 4.24 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Clever As a Fox : Animal Intelligence And What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2001 — 4 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
	XXL-Leseprobe - Jenseits des Weges 4.33 avg rating — 3 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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Sonja Yoerg has read The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	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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“Hiking’s not for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty.”
― Sonja Yoerg, The Middle of Somewhere

tags: hiking, nature, wilderness

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“What is in your blood matters, but not as much as what is in your heart.”
― Sonja Yoerg, All the Best People

tags: family, heredity, inspirational, mental-illness

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“[Her father] never minded when there was nothing to shoot, and she never minded when there was. The harsh crack of the rifle and the limp rabbits and doves were the practical cost of the joy of those mornings.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

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Polls

May BoTM Side Reads Nominations!! 1st Poll.

Top 5 books move onto the second poll!!!

We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

17 votes, 26.6%

Serena

by Ron Rash

9 votes, 14.1%

The Whole Golden World

by Kristina Riggle

7 votes, 10.9%

Fourth of July Creek

by Smith Henderson

7 votes, 10.9%

Written in Red

by Anne Bishop

6 votes, 9.4%

Maine

by J. Courtney Sullivan

6 votes, 9.4%

Spring Fever

by Mary Kay Andrews

4 votes, 6.3%

The Water Is Wide: A Memoir

by Pat Conroy

3 votes, 4.7%

House Broken

by Sonja Yoerg

3 votes, 4.7%

Touch of Power

by Maria V. Snyder

2 votes, 3.1%

64 total votes

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Sonja’s Quotes

“It was the seahorses themselves that she wanted to see as soon as she took her eyes away, and that she wanted to see even when she was looking at them.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Some creatures are just meant to be left alone. They can’t be held on to, even if we love them more than anything.”
― Amy Greene

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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

tags: writing

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