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We Are Not Ourselves

by Matthew Thomas
 A family saga- and a big book - 600 pages- about a young girl born to Irish immigrants.  A story that follows her struggle to attain the Americna dream. We Are Not Ourselves By Matthew Thomas #historical Fiction #books #reading

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Matthew Thomas was born in the Bronx and grew up in Queens. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he has an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. His New York Times-bestselling novel We Are Not Ourselves has been shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. He lives with his wife and twin children in New Jersey.

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