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Lionel Shriver
Goodreads Author
Born
in Gastonia, North Carolina, The United States
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June 2013
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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2003
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161 editions
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The Post-Birthday World
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2007
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31 editions
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Big Brother
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published
2013
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46 editions
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The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
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2016
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41 editions
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So Much for That
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2010
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60 editions
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Should We Stay or Should We Go
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2021
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23 editions
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The Motion of the Body Through Space
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2020
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27 editions
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Property: Stories Between Two Novellas
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2018
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23 editions
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Double Fault
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1997
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41 editions
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A Perfectly Good Family
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2007
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29 editions
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“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.”
― Checker and the Derailleurs
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“...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to frustrate or attachments to sever; who worry what you think of them. You can really only punish people who are already a little bit good.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Ask Lionel Shriver - Monday, June 24th!
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Join us on Monday, June 24th for a special discussion with author Lionel Shriver! Lionel will be discussing her new book Big Brother. Become a fa ...more
