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Adam Byatt

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Adam Byatt is a high school English teacher, developing artist, and occasional drummer sifting through the ennui, minutiae and detritus of life and cataloguing them as potential story ideas. He describes his writing as ‘suburban realism' exploring the stories behind the brick and fibro ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 158 ratings · 44 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 38 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
	Nothing but Flowers: Tales of Post Apocalyptic Love by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Adamson (Contributing author), Rebecca Dobbie (Contributing author) 4.44 avg rating — 36 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
	Eighty Nine by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca L. Dobbie, Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Vine Leaves Literary Journal: A Collection of Vignettes from Across the Globe by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C. Wade Bentley (Contributor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 15 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
	Tincture Journal, Issue Six, Winter 2014 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Henry (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	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
	Postmarked Piper's Reach by Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author), Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Best of Friday Flash Volume Two by J.M. Strother (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Blackbirdsong (Editor), Timothy Collard 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Mount Pleasant 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021	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
	Trinity: The Cookbook: Behind The Door 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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When what is expected to be positively life-changing and bringing about exultations of joy: pregnancy, childbirth and bonding with your newborn, turns into a darkness that tears your mind into pieces, the cognitive dissonance is a cacophony. Ariane B ...more
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In this collection of essays, life is parsed through the various perspectives and collated and collaged experiences of the author. It tells life as it is for the author, with clarity and specificity but it doesn't take you behind the curtain to know ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Slipstream by Kristyn J Saunders	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
A slipstream is the space behind an object, to be caught in the flow of air directly behind it, drawn along, compelled to stay in that space, pulled along, caught in the eddies of air. This masterful debut pulls you into a parent's perspective of the ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing The Ease of Eggs by Benjamin Dodds (Goodreads Author)	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
Benjamin Dodds' "The Ease of Eggs" is the third work to be published after "Regulator" and "Airplane Baby Banana Blanket" and continues his keen and playful exploration of curiosity about space, the universe, classrooms, men, gender and sexuality. The ...more
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