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Karen Brown
Karen Brown is the author of a novel, The Longings of Wayward Girls, and two short story collections--Little Sinners and Other Stories, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and was named a Best Book of 2012 by Publishers Weekly, and Pins and Needles: Stories, which was the recipient of... show more

Karen Brown is the author of a novel, The Longings of Wayward Girls, and two short story collections--Little Sinners and Other Stories, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and was named a Best Book of 2012 by Publishers Weekly, and Pins and Needles: Stories, which was the recipient of AWP's Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. Her work has been featured in The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, The New York Times, and Good Housekeeping. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of South Florida.
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Jude's World
Jude's World rated it 12 years ago
The first of the "Atrias" this year...too soon to tell if it's any good.
Literary, etc
Literary, etc rated it 12 years ago
ARC received for review consideration on 07/24/2013
Literary Marie's Precision Reviews
Literary Marie's Precision Reviews rated it 12 years ago
The woods were a place of imaginative games and innocent wanderers. The swampy area was a harmless place until nine-year-old Laura Loomis went missing in 1974. The search continued for days with no clues found. A few years later, Sadie and her best friend are playing a harmless prank on a girl from ...
Jessica (HDB)
Jessica (HDB) rated it 12 years ago
I'm not going to deny that I'm still slightly baffled by The Longings of Wayward Girls. In all honesty, I wasn't expecting the story I ended up reading. Alternating between Sadie's childhood, and her adulthood 20 years later, the synopsis made me believe that I was going to be living the mystery of ...
Jenn S. Bookworm
Jenn S. Bookworm rated it 12 years ago
There are a great many adjectives to describe this work of dedication and intelligence. Some books you enjoy then put on a shelf or give away without much of an afterthought. Not to say they are not great, just that they don't affect you or get you thinking. Then you come across a book that is so we...
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