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Kimberly Elkins

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in Abingdon, VA, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Book Clubs, Disability

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Hilary Mantel, Alice Sebold, Jane Austen, Valerie Martin, Jean-Dominiq ...more

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WHAT IS VISIBLE is Kimberly's first novel, and it continues to garner great critical acclaim, having been reviewed by Barbara Kingsolver on the cover of the New York Times Book Review and picked as a NYTBR Editors' Choice book, in addition to being chosen as The Most Inspirational Book of 2014 by Woman's Day. WIV was also listed in Best Summer Debuts by the LA Times and Library Journal, and was the June Top Fiction Pick by Bookpage.

According to the Washington Post, "Elkins makes this great American woman visible again, in all her remarkable, fully human complexity," The Atlanta Constitution-Journal calls the book "a literary triumph," and the Toronto Star named it "a tour de force, uplifting and powerful."

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I found it curious and quite wonderful that you chose to create the deeply sensual relationship between Laura and Kate. Why did you choose to do that, and did you seriously consider having her sexless all her life?

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I just started your book and am excited to learn more about Bridgman. You capture her perspective and the Doctor's assumptions with great finesse. Q: Julia expresses concern about her family's finances now that her father has died, but then she walks down the wedding aisle "on the arm of her father" - is this a stepfather? Thank you for clarifying!

Kimberly Elkins Maureen, thanks so much for your question! You are obviously reading the hardback version of the book; that was an actual error that was corrected in …moreMaureen, thanks so much for your question! You are obviously reading the hardback version of the book; that was an actual error that was corrected in the paperback version. The one other error that was also corrected occurs on p. when Laura says that "Michael the archangel was thrown out of heaven for challenging God," when of course it should be Lucifer.

Just goes to show that no matter how many people read and copy edit and proofread a book, some things still slip through, unfortunately. I hope you enjoy the rest of the novel, error-free!(less)

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“Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together.”
― Kimberly Elkins, What Is Visible

tags: historical-fiction

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“God is a strange and mysterious master, and I no doubt am a strange and mysterious servant, but from this day forward I am His. I am forever changed, by my own choice, and I wonder if He is too.”
― Kimberly Elkins, What Is Visible

tags: change, god, inspirational, servant, wonder

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“Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together.”
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