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Linda Crew

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Born
in Corvallis, OR, The United States
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Memoir, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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My early books were for young readers, and perhaps my best-known is my first, Children of the River. Set against the backdrop of the Cambodian refugee crisis of 1979, it’s still used in schools and English-as-a-second-language classes across the country twenty-seven years since publication. My two most recent—Brides of Eden: a True Story Imagined and A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon 1845—were published as cross-over titles, and I suspect have been read by more adults than teenagers.

With my new book, I have had to take a completely different turn. When I inadvertently became addicted to both Oxycodone and Xanax after undergoing total knee replacement surgery, there was suddenly no material more compelling to me than my own survival a ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 2,757 ratings · 386 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Children of the River
3.72 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 1989 — 25 editions
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Brides of Eden
3.59 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions
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A Heart for Any Fate: Westw...
4.07 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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Fire on the Wind
3.88 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions
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Someday I'll Laugh About This
3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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Accidental Addict: A True S...
4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions
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Nekomah Creek
3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions
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Nekomah Creek Christmas
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3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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Long Time Passing
3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1997
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Family Trees: A Novel of th...
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“Oh, why did people have to be seperated before they understood how much they meant to each other?”
― Linda Crew, Children of the River
tags: leaving-home, seperation
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“I learn," she whispered, "that if you love somebody . . ." Slowly she lifted her face and looked straight into his eyes, the American way. "If you love somebody, you just better let them know while you still can.”
― Linda Crew, Children of the River
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“He sighed. "You want to know if I love her." He reached over and tilted Sundara's face toward him. "Ask me a question I can answer. Ask me if I love you.”
― Linda Crew, Children of the River
tags: romance, teenage-love, young-adult-romance
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