Lauren Grodstein
Author of A Friend of the Family
About the Author
Lauren Grodstein lives in New York and teaches writing at Cooper Union
Disambiguation Notice:
Lauren Grodstein published the young adult novel Girls Dinner Club under the pseudonym Jessie Elliot.
Image credit: reading at 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival By Slowking4 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69292218
Works by Lauren Grodstein
Associated Works
Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories (2008) — Contributor — 155 copies
Freud's Blind Spot: 23 Original Essays on Cherished, Estranged, Lost, Hurtful, Hopeful, Complicated Siblings (2010) — Contributor — 18 copies
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- Other names
- Elliot, Jessie [pseudonym]
- Birthdate
- 1975-11-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Lauren Grodstein published the young adult novel Girls Dinner Club under the pseudonym Jessie Elliot.
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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When he is moved to the ghetto, he is put in an apartment with two families. One of the mothers in the apartment, Sala, and Adam become friendly and fall in love. Adam desperately misses his deceased wife, who was Catholic, but takes comfort in Sala's arms.
As Adam attempts to escape the ghetto, he has to make a heart-wrenching decision on who to save. This is a book that will stay with me a long time. It is based on true events and was inspired by a true project.… (more)