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Nora Zelevansky

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NORA ZELEVANSKY is the author of Will You Won't You Want Me?, Semi-Charmed Life and Competitive Grieving (out in paperback on May 10th, 2022!). Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, ELLE, Town & Country, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and Vanity Fair, among others. She lives with her husband, two kids and enormous cat, Waldo, in Brooklyn, New York.

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	Competitive Grieving 3.84 avg rating — 1,358 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will You Won't You Want Me? 3.66 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland by Nancy Schwartzman, Nora Zelevansky (Goodreads Author) (With) 3.91 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Semi-Charmed Life 3.29 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Time has moved so strangely over the course of the last 14 months or so that it's hard to even get a handle on the fact that it's now nearly May...2021?!

When I first received my publication date for COMPETITIVE GRIEVING, I thought it seemed like a millennia away. But now it's in just over two weeks! How did that happen?

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“But when members of a burgeoning couple invest feelings without confirmed reciprocation, they naturally become irrational, insecure, and just a little bit dumb.”
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“the thing is, it doesn’t go away, the sadness. It just moves toward the back of the closet, if that makes sense. You still keep it with you always, but, eventually, it’s not the only thing you think about—not every day, all day.”
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“It reminded me of a bad breakup, when you wake up devastated the next morning and realize that the only person who could possibly offer you comfort is the one person you just agreed never to speak to again.”
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