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The most practical reader responses I received in decades of newspaper journalism came from a local woman who mailed corrections of reporters’ grammar mistakes that made it past the editors. Her notes were instructive, and never scolding. An image shaped in my mind of a retired English teacher, a lover of writing with time on her hands. In my imagination, she was holed up in a dusty attic surround Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.99 · 6,772 ratings · 853 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Guernica 4.04 avg rating — 5,641 ratings — published 2008 — 41 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 Lost History of Stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — published 2014 — 22 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
	Claire Maguire Is Silently Correcting Your Grammar 4.25 avg rating — 20 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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Dave Boling and 1 other person liked andrea gayle's review of Claire Maguire Is Silently Correcting Your Grammar: "Claire Maguire is a curmudgeon of a female character, battered and bruised by life, set in her ways, a familiarity so that may be recognizable to some. The novel slowly uncoils the life of this reclusive retired academic, who bides her time copyediti" Read more of this review »
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Dave Boling liked Karen's review of Claire Maguire Is Silently Correcting Your Grammar: "Claire Maguire is in her seventies, a retired English teacher, and one of those wonderfully curmudgeonly women I enjoy reading about. She lives alone in a loft above a barn, with no husband or children, and has largely withdrawn from the world. Deepl" Read more of this review »
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Dave Boling made a comment on Cheryl’s review of Guernica " Cheryl, thanks so much for you beautiful review!. I only rarely check back in on GoodReads, since it's been so long since Guernica was published. Your ...more "
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