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Carla Buckley is the internationally bestselling author of The Good Goodbye, The Deepest Secret, Invisible, and The Things That Keep Us Here, which was nominated for a Thriller Award as a best first novel and the Ohioana Book Award for fiction. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Wharton School of Business, and currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She serves on the board of the International Thriller Writers as Vice President, Awards and is at work on her next novel.

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Average rating: 3.8 · 22,761 ratings · 3,157 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Good Goodbye 3.91 avg rating — 7,935 ratings — published 2016 — 17 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 Deepest Secret 3.73 avg rating — 6,034 ratings — published 2013 — 26 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 Things That Keep Us Here 3.93 avg rating — 5,381 ratings — published 2010 — 25 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
	Invisible 3.43 avg rating — 2,117 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Liar's Child 3.47 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	[(Invisible)] [Author: Carla Buckley] published on (December, 2012) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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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“Easy enough to fight when the monster kept its distance, easy enough to draw the line. But when the moster was literally outside the door, that's when your actions mattered. The hard choice wasn't opening the door. The hard choice was keeping it closed.”
― Carla Buckley, The Things That Keep Us Here

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“...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.

The first thing you should know is that everyone lies. The second thing is that it matters.”
― Carla Buckley

tags: in-the-name-of-love, lies, lies-matter, life, love, reality-of-life, realizations

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“The first time you hold your baby and see she's all right, you breathe a sigh of relief. You think you've crossed the finish line. You don't realize that the race had just begun.”
― Carla Buckley, The Good Goodbye

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November – It’s a Strange World

Voting through 10/25

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

5 votes, 27.8%

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

3 votes, 16.7%

Divergent by Veronica Roth

2 votes, 11.1%

Legend by Marie Lu

2 votes, 11.1%

The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

2 votes, 11.1%

The Selection by Kiera Cass

2 votes, 11.1%

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

1 vote, 5.6%

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

1 vote, 5.6%

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

0 votes, 0.0%

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

0 votes, 0.0%

The Children of Men by P.D. James

0 votes, 0.0%

Facial Justice by L.P. Hartley

0 votes, 0.0%

The Female Man by Joanna Russ

0 votes, 0.0%

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

0 votes, 0.0%

Matched by Ally Condie

0 votes, 0.0%

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message 8: by Carla

Sep 05, 2012 03:26AM

Kris wrote: "Great to connect with you here, Carla. Always great to meet other authors.

Kris

Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery"

Hi Kris,

Great to meet you here, too!

Carla

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message 7: by Kris

Sep 04, 2012 07:26PM

Great to connect with you here, Carla. Always great to meet other authors.

Kris

Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery

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message 6: by Carla

Aug 30, 2012 06:22AM

Pamela wrote: "Hi Carla...thanks for accepting my friend request :)"

Nice to meet you here, Pamela!

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message 5: by Carla

Aug 30, 2012 06:22AM

Peg wrote: "Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Carla."

Thank YOU, Peg!

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message 4: by Carla

Aug 30, 2012 06:22AM

Jeannie and Louis wrote: "So lovely to meet you here on Goodreads. Happy reading/writing."

Always great to meet other book enthusiasts!

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message 3: by Jeannie and Louis

Aug 29, 2012 03:17PM

So lovely to meet you here on Goodreads. Happy reading/writing.

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message 2: by Peg

Aug 29, 2012 02:53PM

Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Carla.

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message 1: by Pamela

Sep 24, 2010 03:56PM

Hi Carla...thanks for accepting my friend request :)

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