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Jennifer Wilson is a reporter and editor who's worked for Esquire, National Geographic Traveler, No Depression, Traditional Home, Gourmet and many other national magazines and newspapers.

RUNNING AWAY TO HOME (St. Martin's Press) is about the time her family returned to live in the Croatian mountain village of her ancestors. It was chosen as Best Nonfiction Book in 2012 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Her second book, WATER, is a novel about love, sex, and nitrate poisoning. It is available for pre-order now at http://ow.ly/VX8un.

She lives and writes in Iowa, the state that gave you Barack Obama and brought gay marriage to the Heartland. You're welcome.

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What I Miss Today

Often what I miss about our year away is that closeness as a family.


Yes, it could get annoying to be surrounded by my people 24/7. Claustrophobic even. But after we came home, life swept us back into its current. Though we make an effort to stay tight, I think a certain degree of separation is inevitable over the years. I suppose it’s natural to let nostalgia color that time. “Remember when we wer

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Published on January 18, 2013 10:17
Average rating: 3.92 · 983 ratings · 202 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
Running Away to Home: Our F...

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4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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Suite Française
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Jennifer Wilson Jennifer Wilson said: " Found it in a thrift store while shopping with a friend I'm pretty sure was the one who donated it. This is a lovely beginning to a book I'm pretty excited about reading. ...more "

 
Infinite Jest
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Jennifer Wilson Jennifer Wilson said: " I am reading this, and I am worried. Does "Infinite Jest" mean that this book is going to last forever, and the joke is on me for sticking with it? Maybe I'm just not smart enough for such dense dense dense prose. Probably that. It'll stay on the nig ...more "

 
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“Just find someone who can stamp your papers as many times as possible. Stamp it all, with any stamp you can find. It doesn’t matter what type of stamp it is.”
Jennifer Wilson, Running Away to Home: Our Family's Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From, and What Really Matters

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