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A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams—this is "an extraordinary debut about the ties that bind families together and tear them…
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1 author picked Groundskeeping as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a quiet first novel that deals directly with writers’ struggles to find their voices and places in the world.
The main character, an aspiring writer who works as a laborer to pay for classes and for entrée into the literary world, falls in love with a poet who has already won acclaim and doesn’t have to take menial jobs that distract her from her real passion.
Both characters struggle to find their voices and make their ways as writers in a country that doesn’t offer public funding to aspiring artists and writers. Both opt to live modestly in…
From Terry's list on The best books about writers struggling to find their place in the world.
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