Abelove, Joan

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Summary: Joan Abelove is an American writer of young adult novels. She attended Barnard College and has a PhD in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York. She spent two years in the jungles of Peru as part of her doctoral research and used the experience as background for her first novel, Go and Come Back (1998). Go and Come Back, about a young Peruvian girl's encounter with anthropologists, earned numerous awards and citations, including a "Best Books for Young Adults" selection of the American Library Association and "Book Prize Finalist" selection of the Los Angeles Times. Her second book, Saying It Out Loud, is about a Jewish girl coming to terms with her mother's death from brain cancer. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][3]
Born: 1945 [2][3]
Birth Place: New York [3]
Country: United States [2]
Occupation: writer [3]; children's writer [3]; novelist [3]
Work Place: New York, NY [2]
Educated at: Barnard College [3]
Country of Education: United States [3]

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