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Barbara Conrey

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

November 07

Website

https://www.barbaraconreyauthor.com/

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Barbara Conrey is the USA Today Bestselling author of Nowhere Near Goodbye and Award Winning My Secret to Keep. Barbara’s stories delve into the emotional drama of family dynamics and the choices made in the name of love.
Barbara is a long-standing Women’s Fiction Writers Association member and an administrator of the Facebook Group Bookish Road Trip, where she facilitates their monthly book club. Beagles are her passion. She proudly supports the Beagle Freedom Project, a volunteer organization that rescues Beagles and other animals from product testing facilities.
Barbara lives in Central Pennsylvania, close to family and friends, where she is impatiently awaiting the release of her third book, A Fine Layer of Dust, and scurrying to finish h ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 1,531 ratings · 238 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nowhere Near Goodbye 4.17 avg rating — 947 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
	My Secret To Keep 4.28 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	A Fine Layer of Dust 4.82 avg rating — 11 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
	My Secret to Keep 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	My Secret to Keep: Library Edition by Barbara Conrey (Goodreads Author), Robin Weigert (Narrator), Jesse Bickford (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Barbara Conrey and 7 other people liked Susan Peterson's review of A Fine Layer of Dust: "A Fine Layer of Dust is a gripping and emotional book. Jake, Sophia, and Emily appear to be a pretty perfect family from the outside. Jake and Sophia have successful careers and a happy marriage, and their daughter Emily is a bright teenager with a b" Read more of this review »
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Every Note Played by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)	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
Genova spares nothing when she tackles ALS, a horrid disease that no one deserves, not even Richard, famed pianist divorced from Karina, an equally talented pianist in her own right, who willingly placed herself in Richard’s shadow until she needed t ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing The House on Mountain Laurel Lane (Gold Creek #2) by Eileen Goudge (Goodreads Author)	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
Returning to Gold Creek for book two in the Gold Creek series was like stopping in to see good friends in a place you’ve grown to love. It takes an exceptional author to wield that kind of power in a world of make-believe. Goudge skillfully guides her ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing The Women Who Stand Between by Jeannée Sacken (Goodreads Author)	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
“Pitch-perfect from the first chapter to the very last page, Sacken bares her soul amidst the breathtaking beauty of Africa, where both man and beast prove treacherous. The Women Who Stand Between is fraught with tension and danger. And a passion so ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing My Sister's Only Hope: Utterly gripping and heartbreaking women's fiction packed with family secrets by Alison Ragsdale (Goodreads Author)	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
“Reading a Ragsdale book is like hearing her vivid characters whisper in your ear. They share their crushing secrets, their hopes and dreams. You feel their pain and fear when they are forced to make heartrending choices. My Sister’s Only Hope is a st ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Elizabeth's Mountain by Lucille Guarino (Goodreads Author)	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
Ultimately, one of the most endearing love stories I’ve read in quite some time. Told from two points of view, in dual timelines, grandmother and granddaughter share their impetuous and passionate stories of love, trust, and happiness. Elizabeth’s Moun ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing Falling for You Again by Kerry Lonsdale (Goodreads Author)	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
There is reading a book by a favorite author and then there’s devouring it. Sucking it in so fast for fear the words might disappear and all that would be left was a front and back book cover filled with empty pages. Falling For You by Kerry Lonsdale ...more
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Barbara Conrey rated a book it was amazing By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author)	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
By Any Other Name was so much more than I expected, and I’m not going to lie, I expect a lot from a Jodi Picoult book. And I’m never disappointed. There were times when I had to put this book down, and other times when I couldn’t read it fast enough. W ...more
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