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Lara Prescott

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in Greensburg, PA, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Lara Prescott is a New York Times bestselling novelist whose work has been translated into over 30 languages.

Lara Prescott’s debut novel, The Secrets We Kept, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Lara received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas and currently lives in coastal New Hampshire with her family.

Lara’s next novel, Ordinary Women, will be published in Spring 2027

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	The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 79,583 ratings — published 2019 — 74 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
	Julia 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014	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
	Small Practical Help (A Short Story) 4.10 avg rating — 21 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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“We unveil ourselves in the pieces we want others to know, even those closest to us. We all have our secrets.”
― Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept

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“the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for,”
― Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept

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“I wanted them to take a good hard look at a system that had allowed the State to kill off any writer, any intellectual—hell, even any meteorologist—they disagreed with.”
― Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept

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February Side Read Nominations ~ Final Poll

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott

12 votes, 26.7%

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

11 votes, 24.4%

Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson

8 votes, 17.8%

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

7 votes, 15.6%

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro

4 votes, 8.9%

The Hidden Things

by Jamie Mason

3 votes, 6.7%

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