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Judith Guest

Judith Guest won the Janet Heidegger Kafka Prize for her first novel, Ordinary People, which was made into the Academy Award-winning 1980 film of the same name. Her other novels are Second Heaven, Killing Time in St. Cloud (with Rebecca Hill), and Errands. She lives with her family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harrisville, Michigan.

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Dec 08, 2012
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The 10 Worst Mothers in Books
PublishersWeekly.com, May 10, 2013
...constant complainer and perhaps her punishment is the son she has to mother. Beth Jarrett, Ordinary People by Judith Guest - There is no denying that Beth Jarrett is suffering. Her eldest son has been killed in a boating accident and her younger son, a...
How Deep Has Digital Backlist Gone?
PublishersWeekly.com, April 20, 2013
...Bending by Lawrence Sanders (Putnam) ⪠â 17. Eden Burning by Belva Plain (Delacorte) 18. Second Heaven by Judith Guest (Viking) ⪠â 19. Cinnamon Skin by John D. MacDonald (Harper & Row) 20. Friday by Robert A. Heinlein (Holt, Rinehart and...
Eden Prairie Reads bookmarks a decade with 10 short stories
Sun Current, March 15, 2013
...nor Dog” by Minnesota author Kent Nerburn. Since then, the community reads have included: 2005: “Ordinary People” by Judith Guest 2006: “Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time” by Michael Perry 2007: “The Things...
Denver Publishing Institute founder Elizabeth A. Geiser dies
Denver Post, October 14, 2012
...I still have the bound copy of the manuscript." Another manuscript that made the Institute rounds was Judith Guest's " Ordinary People," the brittle family drama that inspired the 1980 movie that won six Academy Awards. Later, Institute students were...
Book Review: Insider knowledge leads to gripping story; Feingold's "While America Sleeps"
Woodbury Bulletin, September 27, 2012
...than a cut above the average thriller, placing Julie Kramer much closer to the likes of Sinclair Lewis, Judith Guest, Jon Hassler and our other most prestigious chroniclers of the upper Midwestern experience. *** As the Republicans and Democrats duke...
Books and Bites Goes to the 'Burbs
Belmont Patch, September 21, 2012
...monthly book review program, will consider several authors known for their portrayal of suburban life, including Sloan Wilson, Judith Guest, and Claire Cook. The free program is part of One Book One Belmont, which invites town residents to all read the...
On the Menu: One Book One Belmont Bites into the 'Burbs
Belmont Patch, September 19, 2012
...Stephen King Mary McCormick, formerly a Belmont High School English teacher, will discuss the novel "Ordinary People" by Judith Guest published in 1976. In this novel, the Jarrets are a typical suburban family. They had two sons, Conrad and...
The 10 Worst Mothers in Books
PublishersWeekly.com, May 10, 2013
...constant complainer and perhaps her punishment is the son she has to mother. Beth Jarrett, Ordinary People by Judith Guest - There is no denying that Beth Jarrett is suffering. Her eldest son has been killed in a boating accident and her younger son, a...
How Deep Has Digital Backlist Gone?
PublishersWeekly.com, April 20, 2013
...Bending by Lawrence Sanders (Putnam) ⪠â 17. Eden Burning by Belva Plain (Delacorte) 18. Second Heaven by Judith Guest (Viking) ⪠â 19. Cinnamon Skin by John D. MacDonald (Harper & Row) 20. Friday by Robert A. Heinlein (Holt, Rinehart and...
Thousands in NYC living in hotels after Sandy
WGME.com, March 30, 2013
...routed Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. Today's Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 86. Author Judith Guest is 77. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 70. Comedian Eric Idle is 70. Composer Vangelis is 70. Basketball...
NY judge tosses lawsuit over Sept. 11 steel cross
WGME.com, March 29, 2013
...routed Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. Today's Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 86. Author Judith Guest is 77. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 70. Comedian Eric Idle is 70. Composer Vangelis is 70. Basketball...
Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
WGME.com, March 29, 2013
...routed Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. Today's Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 86. Author Judith Guest is 77. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 70. Comedian Eric Idle is 70. Composer Vangelis is 70. Basketball...
Italy talks fail again to end political deadlock
WGME.com, March 29, 2013
...routed Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. Today's Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 86. Author Judith Guest is 77. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 70. Comedian Eric Idle is 70. Composer Vangelis is 70. Basketball...
CA woman gets prison in terrorism funding case
WGME.com, March 29, 2013
...routed Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. Today's Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 86. Author Judith Guest is 77. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 70. Comedian Eric Idle is 70. Composer Vangelis is 70. Basketball...