You Are One of Them - Hardcover

Holt, Elliott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594205280 ISBN 13: 9781594205286

Publisher: Penguin Pr, 2013

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"Elliott Holt is not just a promising writer, but a great writer. She's young, and she's a master. I was going to write that "You Are One of Them "could've been written by an Alice Munro or a Susan Minot, but that would be wrong. Because this book could only have been written by Elliott Holt, whose powerful new voice is her own."
--Darin Strauss, author of "Half a Life "and "Chang and Eng"
"Elliott Holt's debut novel "You Are One Of Th"em reads with the heartbreaking ring of truth to it as she deftly taps a well of feeling that is at once primal, archetypical and deeply personal. Through the character of Sarah, Holt explores the indelible stain of grief, a child's desire for detente, and the inescapable awareness of the life that could have been but wasn't. Holt's ability to unwind the dangerous power of secrets and to blend fact and fiction, past and present, make for an evocative journey that circles around to illustrate how far we sometimes have to travel in order to find the self that was there all along."
--A.M. Homes, author of "May We Be Forgiven
""Elliott Holt has done something utterly amazing. Through the experiences of Sarah Zuckerman, the fantastic and complicated narrator of "You Are One of Them," Holt shows us a genuine and heartfelt coming of age story that so convincingly reveals the deceptions and half truths of growing up. I have rarely seen such a thought-provoking and engrossing portrayal of how our experiences shape us and, consequently, those we most love. This is an eloquent, startling novel and Elliott Holt is a fearless writer."
--Kevin Wilson, author of "The Family Fang "and "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
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""You Are One of Them" journeys through the U.S. and Russia, perfectly capturing that frightening time in the 1980s when every child went to bed dreaming of mushroom clouds. Like the cold war, this remarkable novel revolves around hidden truths and unreliable friendships. Elliott Holt skillfully d

"Intimate and intelligent, "You Are One of Them "is a surprising story of friendship and loss, but also a meditation on history and a reminder of how global events can reverberate through the smallest moments of ordinary lives."
--Karen Thompson Walker, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Age of Miracles"
"Elliott Holt is not just a promising writer, but a great writer. She's young, and she's a master. I was going to write that "You Are One of Them "could've been written by an Alice Munro or a Susan Minot, but that would be wrong. Because this book could only have been written by Elliott Holt, whose powerful new voice is her own."
--Darin Strauss, author of "Half a Life "and "Chang and Eng"
"Elliott Holt's debut novel "You Are One Of Th"em reads with the heartbreaking ring of truth to it as she deftly taps a well of feeling that is at once primal, archetypical and deeply personal. Through the character of Sarah, Holt explores the indelible stain of grief, a child's desire for detente, and the inescapable awareness of the life that could have been but wasn't. Holt's ability to unwind the dangerous power of secrets and to blend fact and fiction, past and present, make for an evocative journey that circles around to illustrate how far we sometimes have to travel in order to find the self that was there all along."
--A.M. Homes, author of "May We Be Forgiven"
"Elliott Holt has done something utterly amazing. Through the experiences of Sarah Zuckerman, the fantastic and complicated narrator of "You Are One of Them," Holt shows us a genuine and heartfelt coming of age story that so convincingly reveals the deceptions and half truths of growing up. I have rarely seen such a thought-provoking and engrossing portrayal of how our experiences shape us and, consequently, those we most love. This is an eloquent, startling novel and Elliott Holt is a fearless writer."
--Kevin Wilson, author of "The Family Fang "and "Tunneling to the

About the Author:

Elliott Holt's short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Guernica, andBellevue Literary Review. She won a 2011 Pushcart Prize and is the runner-up of the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award. A graduate of the MFA program at Brooklyn College, where she won the Himan Brown Award, she has received fellowships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop and Yaddo. She is a former contributing editor atOne Story magazine and a former copywriter, who has worked at advertising agencies in Moscow, London, and New York. She currently resides in her hometown of Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1594205280
• ISBN 13: 9781594205286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 293