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Original Title:	The Opposite of Loneliness
ISBN:	147675361X (ISBN13: 9781476753614)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction (2014), Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2014)

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An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world’s attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.

Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash.

As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News, “The Opposite of Loneliness,” went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. She had struck a chord.

Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. The Opposite of Loneliness is an assem­blage of Marina’s essays and stories that, like The Last Lecture, articulates the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world.

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Title	:	The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Author	:	Marina Keegan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	April 8th 2014 by Scribner
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Short Stories. Writing. Essays. Autobiography. Memoir

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This book infuriated me. I'm sure it has infuriated others as well, but given the circumstances (and tragic death) of its writer, I suspect most folks feel uncomfortable panning it. So I'll take one for the team and be that asshole. When I jumped into this book, having read its hype, I was expecting to spend a few days in bed, shamed that a 20-something writer could mop the floor with words in a way that I still cannot at 37. Imagine my shock when I realized just the opposite: Had Marina Keegan

I really enjoyed the first two stories, but the rest of them really fell flat for me. I LOVED the introduction and the speech "The Opposite of Loneliness", but most of the other essays were just fine.VERY MIXED EMOTIONS ON THIS ONE.

God. Tragic story of the author aside, these short stories and essays were beautiful. I loved them with all my heart. Marina's writing had so much passion and love and life behind it. Everything she wrote felt so exposing and honest. I haven't loved a book like this is a while. I will be going back and rereading her pieces for a long time.The tragic story of Marina's death.....jesus. It did and did not affect the way I read this. My opinion of her writing as nothing to do with the fact that she

In a perfect world, this book would have never been published because Marina Keegan wouldn't have died at age 22.There were a few decent stories and essays in here--writing that showed tremendous ability and potential if they were to appear in a college workshop. (If I had taught her in an introductory writing class, I would have loved her work and, green with envy, hated her precocious talent.)But there are a lot of very weak pieces in here, too. Keegan is just so damn young. She has a lot of

I DON'T READ SHORT STORIES-EVER. I have to admit that I bought this book with my Kindle because I heard of the tragic accident that cost Marina's life. Some of the reviews said that this book was published because Marina was an upper class girl. So? She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale, can't do that with money alone. Some people dismissed this as a Young Adult book "that only appealed to people the same age as Marina. I am a 52 year old housewife, and I saw many stories and essays that

I knew before I started listening to this that the author of these short stories and essays had been killed in a car accident just days after graduating from Yale. She had a job lined up at The New Yorker. Even though I knew this, I teared up while the forward was being read. She was already a good writer and she never got the chance to hone her talent. I enjoyed the short stories more than the essays. I found my mind wandering once in a while. I think if I had read it rather than listening to

Like most collections of short stories/essays, some were significantly stronger than others. In general, the nonfiction > the fiction. I'll review this in my May wrap up! :)