Sorry to Disrupt the Peace

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Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
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Author Patty Yumi Cottrell
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2017

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a 2017 novel by American writer Patty Yumi Cottrell. [1] It concerns a woman, Helen, who lives in New York City but who returns to her home state of Wisconsin after the suicide of her adopted brother. The novel received positive reviews from critics. [2] Cottrell has stressed that the novel is not autobiographical. [3]

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References

  1. Scott McNamara, Nathan (15 March 2017). "The Waterfall Coping Strategy: Patty Yumi Cottrell's "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "Sorry to Disrupt the Peace". LitHub. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. Lea, Richard (18 May 2017). "Patty Yumi Cottrell: 'I'm not trying to hide anything – the novel is not a memoir'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2018.