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Rona Jaffe


Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
June 12, 1931

Died
December 03, 2005

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Rona Jaffe established The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers� Awards program in 1995. It is the only national literary awards program of its kind dedicated to supporting women writers exclusively. Since the program began, the Foundation has awarded more than $850,000 to a total of 92 women.

Ms. Jaffe was the author of sixteen books, including Class Reunion, Family Secrets, The Road Taken, and The Room-Mating Season (2003). Her 1958 best-selling first novel, The Best of Everything, was reissued by Penguin in 2005.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 12,609 ratings · 1,377 reviews · 26 distinct works â€� Similar authors
The Best of Everything
3.83 avg rating — 7,350 ratings — published 1958 — 63 editions
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Class Reunion
3.87 avg rating — 1,502 ratings — published 1979
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Mazes and Monsters
3.26 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1981 — 15 editions
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After the Reunion
3.86 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions
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The Road Taken
3.92 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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The Room-Mating Season
3.38 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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Five Women
3.40 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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The Last Chance
3.55 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1976 — 19 editions
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An American Love Story
3.43 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
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Family Secrets
3.77 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions
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“But fathers always thought their youngest daughters were rather special”
― Rona Jaffe, The Best of Everything
tags: daughters, fathers
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“We keep making decisions, every day, half without thinking, half against our will. If we don't fight back, if we allow ourselves to change, to be changed, then once it's done we have to do other things, and on and on until the person we wanted to be is so far away in the past that we only remember her, longingly, as if she were a beloved stranger.”
― Rona Jaffe, The Best of Everything
tags: aging, dreams, growing-older
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“Anyone has a right to make a fool of herself if she’s really in love,â€� Caroline said. “There aren’t any laws. But you have to realize everyone else does it too, and forgive yourself. That is a law.â€�

“Whose law?�

“Caroline’s law,� Caroline said.

“Do you really believe that?� April asked softly.

“I have to. I try to, that is.”
― Rona Jaffe, The Best of Everything
tags: self-forgiveness, stalking, tragic-love, unrequitted-love
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