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Alexandra Grabbe

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I love to escape into a good book. My preference goes to literary fiction.

I used to be an innkeeper and wrote an e-guide for Cape Cod visitors but never created a paper version. I prefer the feeling of holding a real book to e-publishing. When I borrow a library book and fall in love with it, I immediately buy a copy. I especially enjoy historical novels.

Among my favorite authors: John Updike and Lauren Groff. Again, what I care about is the quality of the writing and the attention paid to historical detail.. Recent books I have especially enjoyed, The History of Music by Ben Shattuck and The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Shattuck possesses the ability to make a reader feel like he/she is back in time at the historical period when each ...more

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Two Weeks Until Publication!

Two weeks until the publication of Seeing Joy, A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next, my memoir available from Koehler Books. (Have you preordered your copy yet?) This pre-publication period has been a whirlwind, with papers flying through the air as I hunker down amidst the chaos and respond to interview requests, write promotional articles, prepare for podcasts while trying to live a norma

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	Émigré: 95 Years in the Life of a Russian Count by Paul Grabbe, Alexandra Grabbe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Nansen Factor: Refugee Stories 4.29 avg rating — 7 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
	Wellfleet, An Insider's Guide to Cape Cod’s Trendiest Town 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism by Michelle Duster (Editor), Trina Sotira (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dee Allen. (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	French Graffiti really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
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	Joining Forces by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author), L. Chan (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Alexandra Grabbe wrote a new blog post Two Weeks Until Publication! Two weeks until the publication of Seeing Joy, A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next, my memoir available from Koehler Books. (Have you preorder Read more of this blog post »
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing Twice Born: Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography by Hester Kaplan (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
In October, I attended the Harvard Bookstore launch of Hester Kaplan’s memoir Twice Born: Finding my Father in the Margins of Biography. For anyone who is not familiar with the author, she is the daughter of Justin Kaplan who wrote Mr. Clemens and Ma ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was ok Audition by Katie Kitamura (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
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Alexandra Grabbe wants to read The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	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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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing Last Night at the Disco by Lisa Borders (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
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (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
Terrific book. So unusual. Told all in letters. I've heard the audio version is just as good since actors were hired for the authors of the various letters. It's become a bestseller, which is not surprising. I could not put it down. ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was ok The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai	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
I did not like this book. First off, it was too long. Over 600 pages. I did not manage to finish it which is really unusual for me. I did not find the characters or the story interesting.
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book really liked it Lake Song: A Novel in Stories (Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction) by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (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
Stories linked in a very interesting way over a period of around 80 years, so the book ends up feeling like a novel. The author's grandparents lived in the finger lakes region of New York, so she knows it well. Absolutely beautiful cover. Do check it ...more
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