Chronically Dolores

Praise for Chronically DoloresWinner of The Schneider Family Book Award, for excellence in portraying the disability experience!A Kirkus Best Book of the YearA NYPL Best Book of the Year“Van Wagenen’s fiction debut is a standout with both wide appeal and important, specific representation bolstered by the author’s own life.” —Booklist, starred review“Compassionate prose conveys the protagonists’ experiences with care and thoughtful, complex characterizations approachably highlight life’s ambiguity.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“An insightful, funny, and realistic coming-of-age story.” —KirkusPraise for Maya Van Wagenen’s PopularYALSA Award Winner for Excellence in NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller“I was inspired by her journey…. Maybe if I had read Popular when I was [Van Wagenen’s] age, it could have saved me from a world of hurt, or at least put that world in perspective.” —Maude Apatow for the New York Times Book Review“Everyone’s happiness project looks different, and I was utterly charmed by Maya Van Wagenen’s honest, funny, and thought-provoking account of her efforts to become ‘popular.’” —Gretchen Rubin, #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project

Maya Van Wagenen is fifteen years old. When she was eleven, her family moved to Brownsville, Texas, the setting of Popular. When not hunched over a desktop writing, Maya enjoys reading, British television and chocolate. She now lives with her parents and two siblings in rural Georgia. She is a sophomore in high school but still shares a room with her sixth-grade brother. Remarkably, they have not yet killed each other.

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