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So Far Gone

by Jess Walter

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Intemperance: A Novel

by Sonora Jha (Goodreads Author)

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The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

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She had been thrust into the wilderness of adult life, frog-marched into a deep, hard-to-navigate forest of decisions and failure and hurt, sheltered by Nolan in name only. Even now, with her job, with her girls, with Warren and the church ...more

Don't Let Him In

by Lisa Jewell

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Far and Away

by Amy Poeppel

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“I liked hanging out with my family! Later, when you’re grown up, you realize you never get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that’s it. So, yeah, it all added up to a happy, memorable time. Even though I was never a star.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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“I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quiet, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will find you have plenty of time later to catch up. So many people I work with—famous actors, accomplished writers—were overlooked in high school. Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to be a real-life clown, unlike whatever unexciting thing the actual high school class clown is doing now.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice the wasteful frivolity of it all.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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