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Jami Attenberg
"1000 words is about becoming--and staying--motivated, discovering yourself and your creative desires, and approaching your craft from a new direction."--
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From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his…
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A fierce, and funny memoir of how the New York Times-bestselling author embraced her creativity - and how it saved her.
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A moving, hilarious, and deeply perceptive novel of universal themes: family, love and greed.
For more than 30 years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason: Edie’s…
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins comes a stunning novel about a Prohibition-era bad girl turned good: Saint Mazie, Queen of the Bowery –
Sexy, edgy, and startlingly revealing, this novel follows three young women and the exact moments when they fall in and out of love.
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, child-free woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.
With pitch-perfect prose, huge compassion, and sly humor, Attenberg delivers an epic story of marriage, family, and obsession. The Middlesteins explores the hopes and heartbreaks of new and old love…
A novel based on the true life and times of Saint Mazie, Queen of the Bowery, who lived and worked on the Lower East Side of New York City during…
From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New…
From critically acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer.
From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity-and how it saved her life –
A riveting debut novel from a rising literary star, this story tells of a young woman whose husband has fallen into a coma, and her discovery of evidence that casts…
A Best Book of the Year NPR * Kirkus * Elle * Bustle * Globe and Mail * Amazon * Buzzfeed * Vogue * Book Riot A wickedly funny novel…
An unforgettable novel of family secrets from New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins - now in paperback.
From the author of The Kept Man comes a provocative story about friendship and self-discovery. Attenberg’s imagery is picture-perfect … Her complex characters are not only relatable but share a…
Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this collection features encouraging letters on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg…
An unforgettable novel of family secrets from New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins.
Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she’s the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It’s the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty–even when…