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Chris Cleave

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Dr Chris Cleave is a psychologist, existential psychotherapist, and New York Times #1 bestselling novelist.
He writes a weekly newsletter at http://chriscleave.substack.com

His novels are:
INCENDIARY
LITTLE BEE
(THE OTHER HAND)
GOLD
EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN

He lives and practices in London.

Website at http://www.chriscleave.com

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Average rating: 3.72 · 327,187 ratings · 32,987 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 249,660 ratings — published 2008 — 144 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
	Everyone Brave Is Forgiven 3.75 avg rating — 45,950 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Gold 3.71 avg rating — 16,914 ratings — published 2012 — 59 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
	Incendiary 3.62 avg rating — 14,003 ratings — published 2005 — 75 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
	Gold: Sneak Preview with Bonus Essays 3.69 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2012	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
	Chris Cleave Ebook Boxed Set: Little Bee, Incendiary, Gold 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Incendiary: A Novel 3.98 avg rating — 65 ratings — 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
	Something to Read About: A Book Club Sampler from Simon Schuster by Chris Cleave (Goodreads Author), Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author), Sarah Pekkanen (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	chris cleave 3 book collection bundle set, (little bee, the other hand, incen... 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Gull it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 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

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Thinking differently about feeling left behind

This reflection exists both as a written essay and as a spoken conversation. The essay explores the ideas in depth; the video explores them in person.

Recently people in my therapy room are reporting a growing feeling that they’re falling behind what’s required of them, or falling behind the trajectory they expected for their life. Or simply, in brutal economic terms, falling behind.

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“On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

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“We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.”
― Chris Cleave, The Other Hand

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“Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

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Best Fiction

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1121 votes 17.3%

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653 votes 10.1%

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319 votes 4.9%

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315 votes 4.8%

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307 votes 4.7%

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141 votes 2.2%

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137 votes 2.1%

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134 votes 2.1%

This is Where I Leave You

130 votes 2.0%

Little Bee

126 votes 1.9%

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119 votes 1.8%

Drood

107 votes 1.6%

The Children's Book

104 votes 1.6%

A Reliable Wife

103 votes 1.6%

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96 votes 1.5%

The Weight of Silence

91 votes 1.4%

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77 votes 1.2%

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

69 votes 1.1%

Await Your Reply

69 votes 1.1%

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

62 votes 1.0%

The School of Essential Ingredients

60 votes 0.9%

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