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Lauren Grodstein
Lauren Grodstein is the author of the novel "The Explanation for Everything." Her previous novels include the New York Times bestselling "A Friend of the Family," along with "Reproduction is the Flaw of Love," and the short story collection "The Best of Animals." She teaches creative writing at... show more

Lauren Grodstein is the author of the novel "The Explanation for Everything." Her previous novels include the New York Times bestselling "A Friend of the Family," along with "Reproduction is the Flaw of Love," and the short story collection "The Best of Animals." She teaches creative writing at the Camden campus of Rutgers University, where she helps administer the university MFA program, and lives in New Jersey, near Rutgers, with her husband and her young son. You can find out all about her - favorite books, pet projects, gardening disasters, child-raising joys - at http://lauren-grodstein.tumblr.com/.
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Title:  Our Short History Author:  Lauren Grodstein Publisher:  Algonquin Books Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean Rating: Five Review: "Our Short History" by Lauren Grodstein My Thoughts.... "Our Short History" really deals with a subject that is somewhat hard to talk about...d...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 11 years ago
A book about an evolutionary biologist who is challenged by a student who wants to do a thesis on intelligent design is not a book I would ordinarily choose to read.There. I said it.However, I recently heard author Lauren Grodstein speak about, and read from, this novel during a recent event and fo...
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Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 12 years ago
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-explanation-for-everything_22.htmlAndy Waite is a widowed father raising his two daughters. He is still attempting to reconcile with the loss of his wife six years ago. He is a college professor who has built his l...
Great Imaginations
Great Imaginations rated it 12 years ago
Okay, let's get the background out of the way first. Unfortunately, some of it is missing since I cannot seem to find the review I had on Goodreads. I did delete my Goodread account but the review shot have imported to Book Likes and it is not there, so I am wondering if that is another thing that G...
River City Reading
River City Reading rated it 12 years ago
Professor Andy Waite has dedicated much of his life to the field of evolutionary biology and has poured himself into both his teaching and research since his wife's sudden death at the hands of a drunk driver. When he is approached by Melissa, an impassioned Christian seeking an advisor for her inde...
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