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Judith Guest


Born
in Detroit, Michigan, The United States
January 01, 1936

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


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Average rating: 3.9 · 24,902 ratings · 1,799 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors
Ordinary People
3.94 avg rating — 23,016 ratings — published 1976 — 75 editions
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The Tarnished Eye
3.39 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions
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Errands
3.41 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions
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Second Heaven
3.45 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions
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Killing Time In St. Cloud
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3.04 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions
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The Mythic Family: An Essay...
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988
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Errands by Guest, Judith pu...
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Ice walk
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Ordinary People: Novel-Ties...
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POPEYE: The Storybook Based...
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“People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.”
― Judith Guest, Ordinary People
tags: depression, emotions, feelings, judith-guest, life, ordinary-people, smile
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“Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.”
― Judith Guest
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“Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.”
― Judith Guest, Ordinary People
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