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Abby Fabiaschi

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Abby Fabiaschi A friend once commented that life has thrown enough complications my way to merit a memoir, but an exceptional memoir requires you to hand over the…moreA friend once commented that life has thrown enough complications my way to merit a memoir, but an exceptional memoir requires you to hand over the whole of your truth, along with your version of other peoples’ truth, and I’m too territorial for that. But I borrow here and there.

When I was fifteen, I lost one of my closest friends in a tragic car accident. It remains an alarmingly defining moment in my life. I LIKED MY LIFE started with a desire to explore mourning at that tender age. Tapping into that challenging time is where the nonfiction ended and the storytelling began. I was inspired by a sentiment from Adrienne Rich’s poetry: "If we could learn to learn from pain even as it grasps us." Isn’t that a powerful thought? I love the idea that slivers of beauty exist in life’s most antagonizing moments, if only you know where to look. (less)
Abby Fabiaschi I've loved a lot of the books that were widely loved, but int he interest of variety, I'll share a few I considered good discoveries:
PERFECT PEACE by…more
I've loved a lot of the books that were widely loved, but int he interest of variety, I'll share a few I considered good discoveries:
PERFECT PEACE by Daniel Black
SWEET GUM TREE by Katherine Allred (this is not a romance despite its label)
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THE GOOD HOUSE by Ann Leary
And Elizabeth Gilbert's novel, THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, which I didn't think got nearly enough kudos.
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I Liked My Life

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Abby Fabiaschi at the Oxford Exchange
Author appearance, February 16, 2017 07:00PM
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Abby Fabiaschi discusses and signs copies of her debut novel I Liked My Life.

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"A very good book about the loss and finding your way to fit in afterwards. The mom who died meddles to get the right outcome in her husband and daughters lives."
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There are no words. Thank goodness there are strong, thoughtful women like Lynn Hall with the courage to tell the whole of their experience. When my daughter is an appropriate age, I will put this book in her hands.
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“You don't always get to know what happened, or why things happened a certain way, but it always, always, goes deeper than any one thing.”
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“Practice love, compassion and forgiveness. Anger is nothing but an anchor that keeps you from moving forward.”
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“In the argument over whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss, it seems I've always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that's the side you fall on, you don't realize it until it's too late.”
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