name: Allegra Goodman
genres: Young Adult, Literature & Fiction
avg_rating: 3.62
ratings_count: 51217
about: Hello, Good Readers! I have a new novel "Isola" out now. I'm excited for you to read it! You can order it here:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo..."Isola" is based on the true story of a young woman who sails from France to the New World in 1542 and is marooned on an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.My novel "Sam" is in paperback."Sam" is about a young girl's exuberance, wonder, and ambition as she comes of age.Jenna Bush Hager picked "Sam" for her Today Show book club and said, "Sam is about as perfect of a coming-of-age story as I have ever read." About me: I was born in Brooklyn, but I grew up in Honolulu where I did not have to wear shoes in school until fifth grade. I now live in Cambridge, MA and I own boots. In addition to wr Hello, Good Readers! I have a new novel "Isola" out now. I'm excited for you to read it! You can order it here:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo..."Isola" is based on the true story of a young woman who sails from France to the New World in 1542 and is marooned on an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.My novel "Sam" is in paperback."Sam" is about a young girl's exuberance, wonder, and ambition as she comes of age.Jenna Bush Hager picked "Sam" for her Today Show book club and said, "Sam is about as perfect of a coming-of-age story as I have ever read." About me: I was born in Brooklyn, but I grew up in Honolulu where I did not have to wear shoes in school until fifth grade. I now live in Cambridge, MA and I own boots. In addition to writing fiction, I read a lot and teach on occasion. In my free time, I swim and walk around the city.I have four children, now getting pretty grown up. My oldest son (an economist) reads everything. My second son (a law student and grad student in political theory) reads mostly non-fiction, although I try to get him to read novels. My third son (an aspiring chemist) loves science fiction, fantasy, and history. My daughter (a user experience designer) enjoys biography and YA novels--but only if they have exceptionally beautiful covers.I read fiction, biography, history, poetry, and books about art. I also enjoy discovering authors in translation. When I was a seven-year-old living in Hawaii, I decided to become a novelist--but I began by writing poetry and short stories.In high school and college I focused on short stories, and in June, 1986, I published my first in "Commentary." My first book was a collection of short stories, "Total Immersion." My second book, "The Family Markowitz" is a short story cycle that people tend to read as a novel.Much of my work is about family in its many forms. I am also interested in religion, science, the threats and opportunities of technology, and the exploration of islands, real, and imaginary. My novel, "Kaaterskill Falls" travels with a group of observant Jews to the Catskill Mountains. "Intuition" enters a research a lab, where a young post-doc makes a discovery that excites everybody except for one skeptic--his ex-girlfriend. A rare collection of cookbooks stars in my novel, "The Cookbook Collector." A girl named Honor tries to save her mother in my dystopian YA novel, "The Other Side of the Island."With Michael Prince, I have co-authored a supercool writing textbook. If you teach composition, take a look at "Speaking of Writing: a Brief Rhetoric."If you'd like to learn more about me and about each of my books, check out my website:http://allegragoodman.com/Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllegraGoodmanOr on Instagram:@allegragoodmanwriterAnd of course, you can check out the reviews I post here on Goodreads. Generally, I use my Goodreads reviews to spotlight books I love and recommend. ...more