--- title: "3 Mameve Medwed Quotes - Famous Historian" description: "author based in Cambridge, Massachusetts... | Mameve S. Medwed was an American novelist. She was the author of Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, H..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-mameve-medwed-76738.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mameve Medwed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-mameve-medwed-76738.jpg) # Mameve Medwed (1964–2021) Historian **3** quotes in **71** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mameve Medwed was a historian. ## Quick Facts About Mameve Medwed Born August 9, 1964 Died December 26, 2021 Profession Historian ## About Mameve Medwed author based in Cambridge, Massachusetts... \| Mameve S. Medwed was an American novelist. She was the author of Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life, Of Men and Their Mothers, and Minus Me. ## Quotes by Mameve Medwed > [Could there be a more hilarious sad sack than Duncan Leland, whose trials and tribulations, so wittily conveyed, had me laughing (and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mameve-medwed/could-there-be-a-more-hilarious-sad-sack-than-duncan-leland-whose/) Mameve Medwed [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/mameve-medwed-76738_character_could-there-be-a-more-hilarious-sad-sack_251918.jpg) > [Girlchild . . . unfolds a compelling, layered narrative told by a protagonist with a voice so fresh, original, and funny you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mameve-medwed/girlchild-unfolds-a-compelling-layered-narrative-told-by-a/) Mameve Medwed [Awe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/mameve-medwed-76738_awe_girlchild-unfolds-a-compelling-layered-n_1899990.jpg) > [For a writer, mail is not just a collection of bills and letters and offers to subscribe to Sports Illustrated. It's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mameve-medwed/for-a-writer-mail-is-not-just-a-collection-of-bills-and-letters-and/) Mameve Medwed [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/mameve-medwed-76738_bills_for-a-writer-mail-is-not-just-a-collecti_1924588.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mameve-medwed/#itemlist", "name": "Mameve Medwed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Could there be a more hilarious sad sack than Duncan Leland, whose trials and tribulations, so wittily conveyed, had me laughing (and wincing) from the first page? Hart's Maine landscape is rich with eccentric characters, dried fish, and other surprising and original treasures. 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