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Seré Prince Halverson

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Seré Prince Halverson is the author of the international bestseller, THE UNDERSIDE OF JOY, published in 2012 and translated into 18 languages, and ALL THE WINTERS AFTER, published in February, 2016--novels that explore grief, forgiveness, nature, and the intimate layers of family.

She and her husband have four grown children and live in Northern California in a house in the woods.

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	The Underside of Joy 3.77 avg rating — 2,927 ratings — published 2012 — 48 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
	All the Winters After 3.79 avg rating — 2,104 ratings — published 2014 — 21 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
	Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 321, 2012 #3: A Dublin Student Doctor / The Underside of Joy / Three-Day Town / Emory's Gift by Reader's Digest Association, Patrick Taylor (Goodreads Author), Seré Prince Halverson (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 26 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
	The Underside of Joy / Promise Me (Reader's Digest Select Editions Large Type #182) by Reader's Digest Association, Richard Paul Evans, Seré Prince Halverson (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Reader's Digest LARGE TYPE Three Book Bundle Collection of Select Editions Novels, Includes: 2013 the underside of joy and Promise me - 2012 Very Valentine and Lipstick in Afghanistan - 2012 the orchard and Emory's GIFT by Seré Prince Halverson (Goodreads Author), Rcihard Paul Evans, Adriana Trigiani (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I'll be on the Road and All the Winters After will be on the March Indie Next List!

As of yesterday, All the Winters After is now officially out of the nest, flapping its pages. I woke up to a really lovely review from the New York Journal of Books, which called it, "A winner read that should appeal to a variety of literary and genre tastes." And these lines revved up my heart even before my first cup of coffee: "All novelists strive for what all readers want: that moment whe Read more of this blog post »

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“I know now that the most genuine happiness is kept afloat by an underlying sorrow.”
― Seré Prince Halverson, The Underside of Joy

tags: life-lessons, truth

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“During those times, only under piles of blankets did she feel substantial enough not to drift away; they kept her weighted down and a part of the world. But eventually her dog's persistence and her own strong will would win over, and she'd drag herself up from the thick bog and go back to her chores and her books, carving the missing days into the wall so they did not escape entirely.”
― Seré Prince Halverson, All the Winters After

tags: beautiful, depression, dog, haunting, loss

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“We all break the surface into this life already howling the cries of our ancestors, bearing their DNA, their eye colors and their scars, their glory and their shame. It is theirs; it is ours. It is the underside of joy.”
― Seré Prince Halverson, The Underside of Joy

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7 votes, 11.5%

Between You and Me

by Lisa Hall

6 votes, 9.8%

A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry

6 votes, 9.8%

Food: A Love Story

by Jim Gaffigan

4 votes, 6.6%

The Fishermen

by Chigozie Obioma

4 votes, 6.6%

Elizabeth Street: A novel based on true events

by Laurie Fabiano

4 votes, 6.6%

The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright

3 votes, 4.9%

My Name is Mary Sutter

by Robin Oliveira

3 votes, 4.9%

Triptych

by Karin Slaughter

3 votes, 4.9%

The Forgetting Time

by Sharon Guskin

3 votes, 4.9%

Wolf Winter

by Cecilia Ekbäck

2 votes, 3.3%

All the Winters After

by Seré Prince Halverson

1 vote, 1.6%

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