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Do you usually…
A) Rely on past memories
B) Rely on your friends
C) Rely on those currently around you
D) Rely on your boyfriend/girlfriend
…When you are faced with something difficult.
If you chose
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Which Character are you most like? Jill
McCorkleSabrina Sauter
also wishes that Misty’s mom, her
moves in across the street, she quickly becomes best friends with the daughter of that family. Katie
Katie knows her life will change when a new family
About Jill McCorkleJill McCorkle is an American novelist and short story writer. McCorkle was born in North Carolina, and graduated from University of North Carolina. McCorkle has taught at UNC-Chapel Hill, Tufts, and Brandeis. McCorkle has received the New England Booksellers Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature and the North Carolina Award for Literature. Five of her books have also been named New York Times notable books. Her
The Cheer Leader
Carolina Moon
Ferris Beach
Life After Life
retirement facility, located in Fulton, NC. This novel brings forth not only the point of view of those around the elderly, but also the elderly themselves and how they feel about the world, which they have left. Each of the residents puts their life into a few
This novel is about the daily lives of those in the Pine Haven
and quickly becomes reliant on him. So after they break up she has lost her friends, and no longer has anyone to lean on. As she goes to college she has a break down and must go to therapy. Through therapy she realizes that
The Cheer Leader is about a young girl, who falls in love with a guy,
Achievements
Five of her books have been named New York Times notable books.McCorkle has received the New England Booksellers Award, The John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature The North Carolina Award for Literature. She is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.Four of her stories have been tabbed for Best American Short StoriesSeveral have been collected in New Stories from the South. An essay, “Cuss Time,” originally published in The American Scholar was selected for Best American
This novel is about Quee has been writing letters to the guy with whom she had been having an affair with before he committed suicide, and many of the other residents of Fulton, North Carolina