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An Uncommon Education (P.S.)
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Elizabeth Percer is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and has twice been honored by the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation. She received a BA in English from Wellesley and a PhD in arts education from Stanford University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship for the National Writing Project at UC Berkeley. She lives in California with her husband and three children. All Stories Are Love Stories is her second novel.

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"Enticing and shyly perceptive." -- New York Times Book Review"[Naomi demonstrates] how to make the kinds of choices that eventually lead to an uncommon but joy-filled life." -- Oprah.com"Elizabeth Percer relates the life story of Naomi Feinstein with beautifully scripted, lush prose drawing in the reader and providing an unobstructed view deep into the hearts of her characters. . . . An Uncommon Education is rich in history, steeped in family tradition, and full of emotion-a lesson in practiced elegance." -- New York Journal of Books"Think Dead Poet's Society or The Secret History." -- New York Post"A wistful debut novel by noted Bay Area poet." -- San Jose Mercury News"A fine novel and a young writer to watch." -- Hudson Valley News"Three-time Pushcart nominee Percer offers an uncommonly good debut that's finely detailed and emotionally gripping while avoiding every pitfall of the standard coming-of-age tale. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review)"Poet Percer's fiction debut is an intimate portrait of an intelligent, tender girl with a deep wish to protect those she loves." -- Publishers Weekly"Bonds of love, family and friendship, sometimes damaged or beyond repair, are nevertheless celebrated in an intense debut by a noted poet. . . . [A] thoughtful coming-of-age tale that hovers observantly on the edge of melancholia." -- Kirkus Reviews"Percer's lyrical novel has much to offer." -- Booklist"A moving and bittersweet coming-of-age story about love, loss, friendship, ambition, and the power of memory. This complex and satisfying tale introduces a cast of quirky, hilarious, intellectual young women, struggling to find their place in the world." -- J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement"Eloquent, haunting and exquisitely written, Percer's stunning debut finds surprising beauty in the broken places of our lives. Here, winning can't mute pain, but love endures despite the odds, and the education of a remarkable young woman is as uncommonly original as this novel itself." -- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You"Haunting and poignant, Elizabeth Percer's coming-of-age novel portrays a bright young woman confronting her limits as she watches those she loves deal with illness and betrayal. Each turn of this elegiac debut revealed stark truths that left me both moved and astonished." -- Lauren Belfer, New York Times bestselling author of A Fierce Radiance and City of Light"It's impossible not to care about Naomi Feinstein . . . An Uncommon Education beautifully [brings] Naomi to the Bard (the play's the thing), but also gives the reader something much rarer--a world, and a life, that seem real." -- Nicole Mones, author of Lost in Translation and The Last Chinese Chef

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