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Holley Rubinsky

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Website

http://www.holleyubinsky.com

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Memoir

Member Since

March 2013

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Holley Rubinsky, a fiction writer living in the mountains of British Columbia, is the author of four books, most recently her story collection, South of Elfrida.

BC BOOKWORLD chose South of Elfrida for a staff pick. "..[Rubinsky's] the real deal for anyone who enjoys sophisticated storytelling."

Judy LeBlanc wrote in The Coastal Spectator: "In a literary workd where clever verbiage and narrative sleight-of-hand [are] too often celebrated over substance, Rubinsky's voice is wise and straight-up."

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Holley Rubinsky's Blog: judgment

Cool: The writing of the intelligent young

"Cool" can blow either way. The writing of many intellectual, educated (and often under-edited) young writers can be unrelievedly uneventful. The writing is so perfect, so controlled, so meticulous; the characters are so cool, so suffering, so cynical, or so trashy that this reader can't find their human hearts. Reading these books is as befuddling as finding oneself in a gallery of certain newish Read more of this blog post »

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Holley Rubinsky’s books

Average rating: 3.41 · 76 ratings · 23 reviews · 5 distinct works

	At First I Hope for Rescue: Stories 3.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1997 — 8 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
	South of Elfrida 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Beyond This Point 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006	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
	Rapid Transits and Other Stories 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1990	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
	At First I Hope For Rescue: Stories by Holley Rubinsky (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 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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Holley’s Quotes

“I was so happy it was like a food, like I'd been stuffed with it, a foie gras goose of happiness; happy enough to know, fully, that I was happy, and foolishly, for one second, to dare the thought: "Imagine—imagine if each Saturday morning could be like this," and in the middle of the singing, I blushed, not even looking at her, because even just having it I knew there was something wrong about the thought. Another boundary crossing—an acknowledgment to myself, so fleeting but so dangerous, of how hungry I was.”
― Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs

tags: boundary-issues, the-nature-of-happiness

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