Things We Need by Jennifer Close

Things We Need by Jennifer Close

The title was always capped and underlined, as if to stress that yes, this is important, these arent just things we want, these are things we need. Will and Weezy Coffey thought theyd prepared their three children for the challenges and hurdles of adult life.

Things We Need is emotionally engaging and thoughtful; like Anne Tyler, Close goes straight into the heart of a group of people to show all its flawed, complicated members clearly and deftly and totally without judgmentThere is not one dull moment - Close is a subtle and incisive writer who gets better with each new book. -- Kate Christensen, author of The Astral
Witty... A great story about the messiness of modern family life * Marie Claire *
Things We Need is as close to perfect a read as you can get if you're in the mood for a light-hearted (but never trite) family tale * Connaught Telegraph *
Close is good at capturing the complicated dynamics of family life, particularly the way in which people who fundamentally love each other can drive each other insane… Moving -- Anna Carey * Sunday Business Post *

Jennifer Close was born and raised on the North Shore of Chicago. She is a graduate of Boston College and received her MFA in Fiction Writing from the New School in 2005. She worked in New York in magazines for many years. She now lives in Washington, D.C., and teaches creative writing at George Washington University. Her first novel, Girls in White Dresses, was published in the UK in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780701186654
ISBN 10	0701186658
Title	Things We Need
Author	Jennifer Close
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2013-07-04
Number of pages	352
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