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# Laura Zigman

(1962)   Novelist

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Laura Zigman is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Laura Zigman

Born August 11, 1962

Profession Novelist

## About Laura Zigman

author and journalist... \| Laura Zigman is an American novelist and freelance journalist who lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of the novels Animal Husbandry, Dating Big Bird, Her, Piece of Work, Separation Anxiety, and Small World. She is co-author with professional matchmaker Patti Novak of the self-hel

##  Quotes by Laura Zigman

> [“There are few things sadder in this life than watching someone walk away after they've left you. Watching the distance between your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-zigman/there-are-few-things-sadder-in-this-life-than-watching-someone-walk/)

[Laura Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-zigman/)

[Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/laura-zigman-72622_empty-space_there-are-few-things-sadder-in-this-life_895249.jpg)

> [“Peaks and valleys. That's what life comes down to, in the end. Fucking geography.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-zigman/peaks-and-valleys-that-s-what-life-comes-down-to-in-the-end-fucking/)

[Laura Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-zigman/)

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/laura-zigman-72622_life_peaks-and-valleys-that-s-what-life-comes_1237048.jpg)

> [“Hope erodes slowly, over time, until you wake up one night at three o'clock in the morning and realize: I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-zigman/hope-erodes-slowly-over-time-until-you-wake-up-one-night-at-three-o/)

[Laura Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-zigman/)

[Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/laura-zigman-72622_hope_hope-erodes-slowly-over-time-until-you-w_2470429.jpg)

> [“I know what it does to you, I know. Maybe that's why we hold on as hard as we do. We just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-zigman/i-know-what-it-does-to-you-i-know-maybe-that-s-why-we-hold-on-as-hard/)

[Laura Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-zigman/)

[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/laura-zigman-72622_faith_i-know-what-it-does-to-you-i-know-maybe_3115978.jpg)

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