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Zoe Whittall
Goodreads Author
Born
in South Durham, Quebec, Canada
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December 2007
Apology
Hello readers,
I don't always like to come to Goodreads because I want to honour its place as a space for readers to talk with each other - and I'm a bit sensitive about reviews - but I wanted to use this space to apologize for using the word retarded in my first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts. Since I wrote that book, I've stopped using that word casually, as was common (but still inexcusable) in the Read more of this blog post »
I don't always like to come to Goodreads because I want to honour its place as a space for readers to talk with each other - and I'm a bit sensitive about reviews - but I wanted to use this space to apologize for using the word retarded in my first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts. Since I wrote that book, I've stopped using that word casually, as was common (but still inexcusable) in the Read more of this blog post »
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The Best Kind of People
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2016
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23 editions
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The Fake
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2023
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9 editions
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The Spectacular
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2021
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15 editions
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Holding Still for as Long as Possible
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2009
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17 editions
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Bottle Rocket Hearts
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2007
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4 editions
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Wild Failure: Stories
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The Middle Ground
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2010
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6 editions
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No Credit River
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The Emily Valentine Poems
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2006
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4 editions
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Precordial Thump
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2008
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Zoe’s Recent Updates
"What a gem! Following different queer women, in different contexts, breakups, romances and ages, Whittall's beautiful short story collection brings forth various queer experiences in a funny, sad and delicate voice. I particularly like "Wild Failure""
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"CN. I forget, but if you think you might need them, definitely look them up
I wish I wasn't so AuDHD and didn't have so much going on at the moment, so I could give this a proper review, but I absolutely loved this collection and it fully kicked my a" Read more of this review » |
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"i INHALED this book. i could not put it down.
as an aging queer of a certain experience, there are many many books that i do not relate to, despite enjoying the writing. what a rare treat, good writing that is very relatable. this book is like swimmi" Read more of this review » |
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Don't believe this review. There are no cis, hetero men centered in this book. When there are male characters they are largely trans and the book cent
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"I always enjoy Zoe Whittall's books and could not wait to read her short story collection WILD FAILURE. It delivers. The 10 stories in this collection offer a range of characters who make mistakes and mess things up, but feel like people who could be"
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There is only one story with an intergenerational crush, age 12 and age 17, and no sex occurs between them at those ages. I don't mind if you don't li
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You can't judge a novel the way you would non-fiction. The Fake is about the experience of dealing with someone who has a lot of BPD traits, but also
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“When I tell her I feel like the other woman, she laughs, that's just learned sexist bullshit. We are all in charge of our own bodies and what we decide to do with them. We are all our own.
I believed it when she said it, like she'd opened up a new valve that had been stuck. I felt unconfined and open-minded and totally confused. Intellectually, non-monogamy made complete sense; emotionally, it felt like sandpaper across my eyelids.”
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I believed it when she said it, like she'd opened up a new valve that had been stuck. I felt unconfined and open-minded and totally confused. Intellectually, non-monogamy made complete sense; emotionally, it felt like sandpaper across my eyelids.”
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“That's creativity in a nutshell. A messy tug-of-war with imagination to erase that feeling that nothing really matters anyway.”
― Holding Still for as Long as Possible
― Holding Still for as Long as Possible
“I am having a quarter-life crisis," I announced to my mother.
"My generation never had those, we just had babies and thought about killing them from time to time.”
― Holding Still for as Long as Possible
"My generation never had those, we just had babies and thought about killing them from time to time.”
― Holding Still for as Long as Possible
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