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Nina Ellen Riggs (March 29, 1977 – February 26, 2017) was an American writer and poet. Her best known work is her memoir, The Bright Hour, detailing her journey as a mother with incurable breast cancer. It was published shortly after her death. The book received critical acclaim. Riggs also contributed an article to New York Times series Modern Love. Riggs was born in San Francisco, California. She was the great-great-great-granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She received a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of fine arts degree in poetry from UNC at Greensboro. Riggs was married to John Duberstein, an attorney with whom she had two sons. They lived in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bibliography The Bright Hour (2017) The Bright Hour was published June 6, 2017 by Simon & Schuster. The book was a New York Times Best Seller and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal. It was also selected as one of the best books of 2017 by The book was well-received: 2017 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography Best Books of 2017 by The Washington Post, O Magazine, NPR, Bitch, and Medium Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, The Seattle Times, Vulture, InStyle, Bookpage, Bookriot, Real Simple, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lucky, Lucky (2009) Lucky, Lucky, a poetry chapbook, was published in 2009 by Finishing Line Press. References . Discover the Nina Riggs popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nina Riggs books.
Best Seller Nina Riggs Books of 2024
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Holding on to Normal
Alana SomervilleA compelling memoir about trying to live meaningfully with illness and triumph beyond it, by breast cancer survivor Alana Somerville, a teacher and mother of two young children.I l...
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Un momento extraordinario
Nina RiggsNina Riggs tenía solo treinta y siete años cuando le diagnosticaron cáncer de mama, una mancha diminuta. Pasado un año, esta madre de dos hijos y casada desde hacía dieciséis años ...
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The Beauty of Dusk
Frank BruniFrom New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes “a book about vision loss that becomes testimony to human courage, a moving memoir that offers perspective, c...
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Smile
Sarah RuhlA People Best Book of the Year Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence From the MacArthur genius, twotime Pu...
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Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End
Liz LevineFinalist, Hubert Evans Nonfiction PrizeA genuinely moving, funny, and inventive account of loss and grief, mental illness and suicide, from film and TV producer Liz Levine (Story o...
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The Bright Hour
Nina RiggsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” Nora Krug, The Washington Post “Beautiful and haunting.” Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TOD...