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  1. Marianne Wiggins (born November 8, 1947) is an American author. According to The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, Wiggins writes with "a bold intelligence and an ear for hidden comedy." She has won a Whiting Award, an National Endowment for the Arts award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.

  2. Aug 2, 2022 · Rebuilding Marianne Wiggins' novel 'Properties of Thirst' after a debilitating stroke, the author and her daughter embarked on the project of their lives.

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  3. Aug 2, 2022 · It’s a sensational, near miraculous achievement, completed after Wiggins’ massive stroke in 2016. Marianne’s answers are in quotes because they were spoken to her daughter, Lara Porzak, who has been at her side throughout her recovery and completion of the novel.

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  5. Aug 2, 2022 · While working on “Properties of Thirst,” Wiggins suffered a massive stroke. She recovered and with help finished the great American novel of 2022.

  6. Aug 2, 2022 · Marianne Wiggins. Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen , National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a novel destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II about the meaning of family and the limitations of the American Dream.

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  7. Aug 2, 2022 · A New Yorker Best Book of 2022. Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a novel destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II about the meaning of family and the limitations of the American Dream.

  8. “A changing American landscape is beautifully portrayed in PROPERTIES OF THIRST, a moving and gripping new novel by Marianne Wiggins. At the start of World War II, while Japanese families are relocated to Manzanar, the Rhodes family, who live on a ranch near the camp are equally uprooted by memories and circumstances.

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