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Jane Bradley
Jane Bradley's latest novel, You Believers, is based on the true story of Peggy Carr who went missing in Wilmington, NC, and it tells the story of the ensuing seven-month search for her, led by Monica Caison and CUE. It is a cathartic story of casual evil and of how the worst things can be faced... show more
Jane Bradley's latest novel, You Believers, is based on the true story of Peggy Carr who went missing in Wilmington, NC, and it tells the story of the ensuing seven-month search for her, led by Monica Caison and CUE. It is a cathartic story of casual evil and of how the worst things can be faced so that we might not only survive, but grow. Bradley is the author of two acclaimed story collections, Are We Lucky Yet? and Power Lines which was cited as a "Notable Book" by the New York Times Book Review. She had written a novella, Living Doll, used in many intern graduate programs for those training to work with emotionally dysfunctional children, and a screenwriting text, Screenwriting 101:Small Steps While Thinking Big. She has won numerous awards for her work, including an NEA Individual Artists Fellowship and an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship. Originally from Chattanooga, she currently is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Toledo. For more information on her her process of turning a true story into fiction in You Believers and for other related blog posts, go to her website: www.janebradley.net.
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That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 14 years ago
You Believers is one of those novels that is seemingly simple until one goes to describe the plot to someone else. Only then does one realize just how layered and complex the story really is. In this case, what could be construed as a simple missing-persons thriller becomes a study of evil and loss,...
Bitsy Bling Books
Bitsy Bling Books rated it 14 years ago
A heart-crushing tale of a girl lost, a girl saved and several who fall somewhere in between. All the characters are flawed and because of this, demand sympathy on some level. The juxtaposition of the characters poses the question when victimized, is it better to be killed or live. It examines wh...
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