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Michelle Hoover
Michelle Hoover has taught writing at Boston University and GrubStreet, where she co-founded the Novel Incubator, a year-long intensive in the novel. Her debut, The Quickening, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and is a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award... show more

Michelle Hoover has taught writing at Boston University and GrubStreet, where she co-founded the Novel Incubator, a year-long intensive in the novel. Her debut, The Quickening, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and is a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award "Must Read" pick. She is a 2014 National Endowment of the Arts Fellow, awarded for her upcoming second novel, Bottomland, which will be published by Grove in 2016. This fall, she joined the creative writing department at Brandeis University as the Fannie Hurst writer-in-residence. For more, go to www.michelle-hoover.com.
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My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it 6 years ago
It’s the early 20th century and life on the Iowa prairie is rough and bleak but for this family, they also have to contend with their family’s history. The idea of war is looming and the neighbors surrounding this American-German family make sure that they are reminded of their heritage. Father trie...
Boston Bibliophile
Boston Bibliophile rated it 12 years ago
I just couldn't finish this book, despite it being obviously very well written. It just didn't engage me at all. It's very slow-moving and character-driven and I think these days books like this one just aren't my cup of tea. It's very literary in style and I like the way the author handles the char...
Lost in the Stacks
Lost in the Stacks rated it 14 years ago
Great debut, telling the story of two feuding families who none the less rely on one another during the Depression.
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 15 years ago
3.5 starsThis story is very sober. It could almost be a morality tale, teaching that if you willfully hurt others, you could end up losing what you hoped to keep for yourself. The tale is told by two Midwestern farm wives of the early 20th century. Enidina and Mary are very different in temperame...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 15 years ago
The Quickening is reminiscent of Willa Cather in its simplistic approach to life on a farm. However, unlike Cather, Hoover explores the darker side of humanity. Beautifully evocative, one can smell the dust and the dirt, feel the wind and hear the animals in the barn. Yet, there is an undercurrent ...
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