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About Rumaan Alam
American writer
Rumaan Alam is an American writer, best known for his novel Leave the World Behind. He writes fiction with a contemporary, observant edge, and his work has reached a wide readership through Leave the World Behind, which became his best-known book. Beyond that title, he is known for writing about present-day life and the pressures that shape it.
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- “Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has change…”Rumaan Alam
- “It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is…”Rumaan Alam
- “Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of va…”Rumaan Alam
- “To be five years old is to be surprised by life. I'm amused by my children's awe at quotidian things - a toy…”Rumaan Alam
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- “It rests in the hands of 'Dreamgirls' and 'Hairspray.' If they're successful, we'll be back on track - people…”Craig Zadan
- “I worked as a litter picker, as a bin man.”Harris Dickinson
- “I'm a big fan of independent girls who are strong-willed, vocal in their opinions, and have a sense of humor.”David Lambert
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Books by Rumaan Alam
Leave the World Behind
2020
Rich and pretty
2016
That kind of mother
2018