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Marie Manilla

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Marie Manilla is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her novel The Patron Saint of Ugly won the Weatherford Award. Shrapnel received the Fred Bonnie Award for Best First Novel. Stories in her collection, Still Life with Plums, first appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Prairie Schooner, Mississippi Review, Calyx, and other journals. Her essays have appeared in Word Riot, Cossack Review, Gargoyle, Atticus Review, and elsewhere. Learn more at www.mariemanilla.com. ...more

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	The Patron Saint of Ugly 3.85 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 2014 — 14 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
	Appalachia Now by Charles Dodd White (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Larry Smith (Editor), Jacinda Townsend (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 108 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
	Still Life with Plums: Short Stories 4.54 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Shrapnel 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Still Life with Plums: Short Stories by Manilla, Marie (2010) Paperback 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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“Mom held me towards them. "Isn't she beautiful? Isn't she absolutely beautiful?"
Perhaps it was hormones talking; more likely, those were the words of a desperate woman who couldn't fathom the monster she had knit together in her room. But I was her monster, and if she didn't claim me, nobody would.”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

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“but as my years on the planet have taught me, everyone needs someone to kick. Thus,”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

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“The worst were the parents who brought their perfectly fine children, wanting only smaller pores or fairer complexions. I raised my fist and shouted: “Love your children! If you don’t, you will rue the day!”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

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