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Elizabeth Berg


Born
in St. Paul, Minnesota, The United States
December 02, 1948

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Literature & Fiction


Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels, including The Story of Arthur Truluv, Open House (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), Talk Before Sleep, and The Year of Pleasures, as well as the short story collection The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. She adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out performances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Berg’s work has been published in thirty countries, and three of her novels have been turned into television movies. She is the founder of Writing Matters, a quality reading series dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches one-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues ar ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 368,367 ratings · 38,141 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors
Open House
3.70 avg rating — 60,273 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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The Story of Arthur Truluv ...
4.17 avg rating — 48,210 ratings — published 2017 — 25 editions
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Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)
4.02 avg rating — 20,102 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions
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What We Keep
3.90 avg rating — 17,863 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
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The Confession Club (Mason,...
3.75 avg rating — 16,530 ratings — published 2019
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The Year of Pleasures
3.72 avg rating — 15,092 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions
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The Art of Mending
3.66 avg rating — 13,029 ratings — published 2004 — 31 editions
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Talk Before Sleep
3.95 avg rating — 12,050 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions
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We Are All Welcome Here
3.91 avg rating — 12,078 ratings — published 2006
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Home Safe
3.52 avg rating — 12,897 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions
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Earth's the Right Place for... The Story of Arthur Truluv Night of Miracles The Confession Club
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“There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.”
― Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures
tags: death, love, separation
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“There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.”
― Elizabeth Berg, The Art of Mending
tags: happiness, joy, religion
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“I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.”
― Elizabeth Berg, Talk Before Sleep
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