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Emily Matchar

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About me: I’m a writer and author originally from North Carolina

My debut novel, In the Shadow of the Greenbrier, a multi-generational saga about a Jewish family living near the iconic Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, will be published in March 2024 by Putnam at Penguin Random House. Before turning to fiction, I was a journalist for many years.

When I’m not working, I like to hike, cook, garden, try new foods, and travel with my husband and two sons.

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I’m heading back to Hong Kong on Monday, and I have a box of Homeward Bound copies that simply won’t fit in the overhead bin. So: I’m going to give away a number of copies to bloggers interested in reviewing or otherwise writing about the book. How to get a copy? Write a comment in the comments section, and I’ll pick some names at random.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 5,947 ratings · 856 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Shadow of the Greenbrier 3.85 avg rating — 3,708 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity 3.46 avg rating — 1,466 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Lonely Planeti 500 parimat sihtkohta by Lonely Planet, Andrew Bain, Olavi Teppan (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 1,061 ratings — published 2015 — 15 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
	Lonely Planet China by Lonely Planet, Damian Harper, Tughluk Abdurazak 3.96 avg rating — 881 ratings — published 1984 — 71 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
	Lonely Planet Canada by Karla Zimmerman, Catherine Bodry, Celeste Brash 4.09 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1983 — 61 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
	National Parks of America 1: Experience America's 59 National Parks by Lonely Planet, Amy C. Balfour, Greg Benchwick (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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 Lost Girl of Craven County 4.01 avg rating — 98 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
	The Zombie King 3.50 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Bahamas: Multi Country Guide (Lonely Planet Multi Country Guides) of Matchar, Emily 4th (fourth) Edition on 23 September 2011 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
	Homeward bound; why women are embracing the new domesticity 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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“Sweden had paternity-leave policies in place for years but found that few men were taking advantage of the benefit. While women felt comfortable taking time off to be with baby, men worried that they would look less dedicated to their careers if they did the same. So the Swedish government implemented a “use it or lose it” policy, mandating that the country’s thirteen-month parental leave cannot only be used by one parent – the other parent must use at least two months of the leave, or both lose those months entirely. Today 85% of Swedish fathers take paternity leave. The policy has helped redefine notions of masculinity and femininity in the already-egalitarian country.”
― Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity

tags: egalitarianism, masculinity, paternity-leave, sweden

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“Her conclusion: "You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.”
― Emily Matchar

tags: anti-vaccine, children, parenting, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccines

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“If women cut back on their ambitions en masse, institutional change will never happen and the glass ceiling will lower. We need to be there to demand equal pay, mandatory maternity leave, more human hours. Leaving the “dirty work” of working to the men is a way of muffling our own voices.”
― Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity

tags: equal-rights, female-employment, feminism

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