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The Grown Ups

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Library Journal Review:
For teenagers Sam Turner, Suzie Epstein, and  Bella Spade, life in a New York suburb is a jumble of friendships and young crushes, complicated but retaining some innocence. This insulated world collapses in the aftermath of family break ups and the path to becoming grown-ups is suddenly more complex. Over the next decade, Suzie and Bella barrel through college and into relationships. Sam drifts about switching jobs, and they all reshape their ties to aging parents. Despite stumbles and losses, each finds a way to adulthood, sometimes aided and sometimes held back by their childhood bonds. VERDICT Like Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, Antalek’s second novel (after The Summer We Fell Apart) is an engaging ensemble piece with revealing insights about friendships. A great choice for book clubs looking for new adult titles.

--Jan Blodgett, Davidson Coll. Lib., NC


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The Summer We Fell Apart

The Summer We Fell Apart
"A preoccupied playwright father and a cult-actress mother are
 the stars of the Haas family in Antalek's well-crafted and cunning
 debut novel....a testament to the resilience of the human spirit
 and to the importance of family ties regardless of family history,
 making this an endearing and easy-to-relate-to dysfunctional
 family drama." 
  - Publishers Weekly

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Articles

  • Robin Antalek: The Grown Ups (a novel) - 03-22-2015
  • Sutter Home - Book Club Selection: The Grown Ups - 03-02-2015
  • 8 Must-Read Books to Get You Through Winter - 03/01/2015
  • Best Books of Spring 2015
  • For the Parenthood fan: The Grown Ups, by Robin Antalek
  • Amazing Journey with the Grown Ups - 01-30-2015
  • 7 Things I’ve Learned So Far - 01-28-2015
  • A Southern Girls Bookshelf: Review: The Grown Ups - 01-27-2015
  • Doing the Work - 01-24-2015
  • Where Do Ideas Come From? - 01-16-2015
  • What I'm reading Now - 01-15-2015
  • ONLY DOLLIE and the Books That Stay With Us - 12-13-2014
  • Two-sentence Thanksgiving fiction - 11-27-2014
  • Pimps and Pixie Sticks - 04-08-2011
  • Light My Fire - 01-11-2011
  • Writing Your Next Book Is Like Bad Sex - 12-10-2010
  • Naked In A Book Store Near You - 03-12-2010
  • Girls In Shiny White Caskets - 01-14-10
  • Santa Jesus - 12-12-2009
  • Sharks - 11-16-2009
  • Ghosts - 10-20-2009
  • Inked - 09-17-2009

Other Written Work

  • Things I Learned from my Debut Novel
  • Robin on carolineleavittville.blogspot.com
  • Robin on The Bird Sisters.com 
  • Robin on Raising (Writing) Good Characters
  • The Revealing of Robin Antalek
  • Robin Antalek on The Divining Wand
  • The Animals' Christmas by Robin Antalek
  • The Danger of Everything by Robin Antalek
  • Robin will be blogging from thenervousbreakdown.com

Interviews

  • Robin Discusses Her Second Novel, The Grown Ups, and Her Writing Journey - 02-08-2015
  • On Flipping the Gender Voice: When Women Write Male Characters - 02-08-2015
  • Hear Robin read from The Grown Ups at The Authors Corner 
  • Troy Record: Five Questions for Robin Antalek - 01-27-2015
  • Liz and Lisa's Book Club: The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek - 01-27-2015
  • The Post Star: Q&A with Robin Antalek - 01-24-2015
  • Round table with Joe Donahue @WAMC Albany's public radio station. - 01-23-2015
  • The Times Union: Growing Pains - 01-22-2015
  • The Next Big Book Blog: Would You Rather - Q&A with Robin Antalek - 01-16-2015
  • Other People We Married: An Interview with Emma Straub
  • Fictionaut Five: Robin Antalek
  • Woman to Woman: Our Exclusive Interview With Author Robin Antalek
  • Presenting…the 2010 Nobbie Awards
  • Robin Antalek and The Summer We Fell Apart
  • Words of kindness: paying it forward

Podcast & Video

  • Cup of TNB -Episode 9
  • Robin Antalek - TNBLE - NYC - Happy Ending Lounge 
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