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ⓘ About Anita Shreve
Born October 1945 to a pilot and a homemaker, Anita Shreve was the best selling author of the critically acclaimed novel, the Pilots Wife among others. She was influenced early on in life by reading Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton whilst she was a junior in high school and also anything written by Eugene O’Neill while she as a senior. Upon graduation from Tufts University in the year 1968, she went on to become a high school teacher in and around Boston for a number of years. During her last year as a teacher she quit her job to begin writing. Anita passed in March 2018. After submissions of her short stories to magazines were repeatedly rejected, her early work was finally published in literary journals. Her story Past the Island, Drifting, won the prestigious O. Henry prize.
All Book Series by Anita Shreve
Working Woman: A Guide to Fitness and Health
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1986
Remaking Motherhood: How Working Mothers and Shaping Our Children's Future
Book 3 of 5 · published 1987
Who's in Control: Dr. Balter's Guide to Discipline Without Combat
Book 4 of 5 · published 1988
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Anita Shreve?
Born October 1945 to a pilot and a homemaker, Anita Shreve was the best selling author of the critically acclaimed novel, the Pilots Wife among others. She was influenced early on in life by reading Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton whilst she was a junior in high school and also anything written by Eugene O’Neill while she as a senior. Upon graduation from Tufts University in the year 1968, she went on to become a high school teacher in and around Boston for a number of years.
Which Anita Shreve series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Fortune's Rocks Quartet series, the earliest of Anita Shreve's multi-book series: it opens with The Pilot's Wife (1998) and runs to 4 books across 1998–2007, ending with Body Surfing (2007).
How many books has Anita Shreve written?
Anita Shreve has 23 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1986 and 2017. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Fortune's Rocks Quartet series with 4 books — and 19 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Anita Shreve's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Anita Shreve's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Fortune's Rocks Quartet (1998–2007, 4 books).
How are Anita Shreve's books organised into series?
This guide splits Anita Shreve's 23 books into 1 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fortune's Rocks Quartet (4 books, 1998–2007).