Shrug: A Novel

(Paperback)

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In the US, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partnerwhich equates to more than 10 million women and men per year. Children who witness domestic violence in their homes are 15 times more likely than other children to be victims of child abuse themselves.

Transient tics are relatively common, affecting as many as 24% of school-age children.

About half of YA purchases are by adults. With 35 million baby boomer women in the US, the potential crossover audience for Shrug is considerable.

AUDIENCE:

Young adults (ages 12 to 18)

Women who lived through the 1960s (baby boomers)

Those interested in stories of family dysfunction, domestic violence, and recovery

Those with tic disorders

Classical music fans and vinyl fans

Reviews

2020 IPPY Awards Gold Winner, YA Fiction
2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Winner, Fiction
2019 Moonbeam Award Gold Medal Winner, YA Fiction, Historical
2019 Best Book Award Finalist in YA Fiction
2019 Sarton Women's Book Awards Finalist, Historical Fiction
2020 Goethe Awards (post-1750 historical fiction) Finalist
2020 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite, YA Fiction
2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist
14th Annual NIEA Winner, Regional Fiction West

"Gripping from beginning to end, this beautifully written work is impossible to put down."
--The BookLife Prize

"A complex and compelling coming-of-age story . . . highly recommended."
--The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

"Read this book. It will knock your socks off."
--Laurin Porter, author of The Banished Prince: Time, Memory, and Ritual in the Late Plays of Eugene O'Neill

Author Bio

Lisa Braver Moss is the author of the novels The Measure of His Grief (Notim Press, 2010) and the award-winning Shrug (She Writes Press, 2019). Her essays have appeared in the Huffington Post, Tikkun, Parents, Lilith, and many other publications. Lisa's nonfiction book credits include Celebrating Family: Our Lifelong Bonds with Parents and Siblings (Wildcat Canyon Press, 1999) and, as coauthor, The Mother's Companion: A Comforting Guide to the Early Years of Motherhood (Council Oak Books, 2001). She is also coauthor, with Rebecca Wald, of Celebrating Brit Shalom (Notim Press, 2015), the first-ever book of ceremonies and music for Jewish families seeking alternatives to circumcision. Born in Berkeley, California, Lisa still lives in the area with her husband, with whom she has two grown sons.