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Sue Miller (1) (1943–)

Author of While I Was Gone

For other authors named Sue Miller, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Sue Miller was born November 29, 1943. She received a B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1964. She was a high school teacher, a cocktail waitress and a model before becoming a full time mother. Soon after the birth of her child, she divorced her first husband. Afterwards, she founded the Harvard Day show more Care Centers and worked as a preschool teacher. At the age of 35, she began writing after joining a writing workshop. Her first novel The Good Mother (1986), which is about a divorced woman caught up in a fierce custody battle, was on the bestsellers list for six months. Her other works include Family Pictures (1990), For Love (1993), The Distinguished Guest (1995), and While I Was Gone (1999). She also has a short story collection titled Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories (1987). Several of her books have been adapted into movies including The Good Mother (1988), which was directed by Leonard Nimoy and starred Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson; Family Pictures (1993), which starred Anjelica Houston and Sam Neill; and Inventing the Abbotts (1997), which starred Liv Tyler. She is currently a professor of creative writing at Smith College. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sue Miller

While I Was Gone (1999) 3,457 copies
The Senator's Wife (2008) 1,396 copies
The Good Mother (1986) 1,018 copies
The World Below (2001) 999 copies
Lost in the Forest (2005) 760 copies
Family Pictures (1990) 695 copies
Monogamy (2020) 556 copies
The Lake Shore Limited (2010) 546 copies
For Love (1993) 496 copies
The Distinguished Guest (1995) 488 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2002 (2002) — Editor — 462 copies
The Arsonist (2014) 409 copies

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Not my favorite Sue Miller but still a strong novel.
 
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AnaraGuard | 33 other reviews | Mar 13, 2024 |
by the end of this i wasn't caring at all about these characters or their growth or their past or really any of it. sue miller's writing is so good but i'm finding that i'm maybe not so into what she's writing about or maybe the characters' lives she's interested in? i do like her writing and i like her exploration of themes in quiet books, but somehow they consistently don't hit for me.
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overlycriticalelisa | 24 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |
A story of people and their relationships. While some of them seemed a bit too reasonable at times, it was still an enjoyable view into the lives of others. Richard Russo reviewing this in the NYT makes sense, as he writes in a similar style.
 
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danielskatz | 33 other reviews | Dec 26, 2023 |
I was surprised at how much I liked this book. Interesting and different.
 
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