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Lynn Freed


Born
in Durban, South Africa
July 18, 1945


Lynn Freed is a South African novelist and academic.

She came to the U.S. first as a foreign exchange student, and then went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University. She taught at Bennington College, Saint Mary's College of California, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Oregon, the University of Montana, and the University of Texas in Austin.
Ms Freed's short fiction, memoirs and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's,[1] The Atlantic Monthly, Southwest Review, The Georgia Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, Tin House, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, Mirabella, House Beautiful, House & Garden, and Vogue Magazine.
Her work is widely translated and antho
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Average rating: 3.23 · 2,545 ratings · 413 reviews · 18 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Last Laugh

2.64 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions
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The Servants' Quarters

3.12 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions
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The Mirror

3.27 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions
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House of Women

2.88 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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Reading, Writing, and Leavi...

3.56 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions
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The Curse of the Appropriat...

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Romance of Elsewhere: Essays

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Home Ground

4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions
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The Bungalow

3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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Friends of the Family

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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“I wasn't put on this earth to be housekeeper to my own child or to anyone else for that matter.”
Lynn Freed
tags: mother

“we favor: 6 small eggplants cut into cubes ½ cup olive oil ½ cup chopped onion 4 garlic cloves chopped (you might use less if you want to be loved) ½ cup chopped olives (we prefer the wrinkled, strong-tasting ones) fresh oregano fresh mint salt and pepper to taste Preheat the oven to 425°. Salt the eggplant and bake in olive oil until soft (about half an hour). When cool, mix with feta and chopped olives. Mix ½ cup olive oil, juice of one lemon, onion, garlic, oregano, and mint in a small bowl and pour over eggplant mixture. Toss. Serve on rounds of French bread or melba toast.”
Lynn Freed, The Last Laugh

“All I want to do is go on with the unbridled life I lead here: barefoot, my faded bathing suit, an old jacket, lots of garlic, and swimming at all hours of the day. —COLETTE, AT SIXTY”
Lynn Freed, The Last Laugh

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