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Praise for Dirty Suburbia:

"Every story in Hosey's distinguished, engrossing collection is memorable, suffused with meaning and emotion, with characters exhibiting the grace and wisdom of age or the testiness of youth. This is splendidly entertaining reading...Measured, witty, captivating tales starring a series of resilient, likable female characters."-Kirkus Reviews

"[A}story collection that offers both closely observed situations and a wide-ranging emotional exploration...each story features a slow reveal of perfectly timed, well-chosen details that continually revise the reader's understanding of the characters and their lives." -Laura Dennis in Mom Egg Review.

"Sara Hosey's wit and wisdom bring to mind Ali Smith and Lucia Berlin. Her stories resonate with love and sympathy for the women and girls of the poor, working, and middle-class navigating life under an oppressive, simpering patriarchy. Her characters are smart, funny, bold and wonderfully flawed...This is a book I will keep coming back to."-- Joel Mowdy, author of Floyd Harbor

"Absolutely stunning! Sara Hosey's Dirty Suburbia contains some of the most poignant, insightful, and entertaining stories I have read in ages. I couldn't put this book down. Perceptive, empathetic, and always on point, Hosey's characters will stay with you. I was awestruck by the range of tales and will be thinking about the world of Dirty Suburbia for a long time. These stories are absolute gems. Not to be missed." --Kelly Fordon, Author of I Have the Answer

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Sara Hosey is the author of the acclaimed short story collection Dirty Suburbia. Called "gritty and darkly funny and ultimately humane," by Jess Walter, Sara's stories trace the lives of girls and women struggling to live with dignity in a world that often seems to hate them.

Books

Dirty Suburbia (2024)

"Every story in Hosey's distinguished, engrossing collection is memorable, suffused with meaning and emotion...This is splendidly entertaining reading."--Kirkus Reviews

Sara is also the author of three award-winning young adult novels: Iphigenia Murphy, Imagining Elsewhere, and Summer People.

Summer People (2023)

One of Killer Nashville's Top YA Mysteries of 2023, Kirkus calls Summer People "A timely mystery exploring multiple complex themes with coming-of-age elements."

Iphigenia Murphy (2020)

Winner of the 2020 Dante Rosetti Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, Laura Erne of the Nerd Daily writes that Iphigenia Murphy is an "incredibly vivid story that followed colourful characters and crafted a work of writing with a raw simplicity packed with emotions."