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Reader recommendation: A Year of Wonders
Ann Arbor :: MI :: USA | 8 months ago
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Brooks does an incredible job of making her characters and their stories reveal and unfold actual historical events and life that makes the reader want to learn and research more. She knows her history and her facts and weaves a tale that shows
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Tess & Karina's book picks
Frisco :: CO :: USA | 8 months ago
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A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness On first blush, as I began A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, I feared a revival of Twilight. But, with my must-read-50-pages rule in place, I stuck with it...Harkness was eager to jump on the
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Watermark Books: New & Recommended (May 27)
Toronto :: Canada | 12 months ago
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Canada by Richard Ford (Ecco, $27.99) When Dell Parsons' parents rob a bank, and are subsequently arrested, his life is irreparably altered. A family friend takes Dell in, bringing him to the wilds of Saskatchewan, in hopes of a better life. Once
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Author Geraldine Brooks gives voice to the voiceless
Sydney :: Australia | 1 year ago
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If you go Caleb's Crossing' author Geraldine Brooks book-signing and talk When Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks sits down to write, the characters' voices flow through her mind...Brooks, the author of Caleb's Crossing, will speak
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New in Paperback: Erik Larson's 'Garden of Beasts' and more
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Then Again by Diane Keaton (Random House, $16, non-fiction, reprint). The actress tells the story of her mother's life and her own. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, $16, fiction, reprint). The Pulitzer Prize winner's latest is set in
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Aussie book awards shortlist revealed
Brisbane :: Australia | 1 year ago
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The awards are considered the most prestigious in Australian publishing and winners are voted by a panel of 150 booksellers and publishers. Among the nominations for Book of the Year are The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman and Caleb's Crossing by
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Fiction Addiction: Reader Q&A with Geraldine Brooks
Oregon City :: OR :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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But it can lead to frustration, where a missing piece of evidence, a false trail or simply a lack of time and resources means hot tips must be abandoned and stories left unwritten. I imagine the switch to fiction writing could be either a liberating
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Fiction Addiction: Caleb's Crossing - The Power of Words
Harvard :: MA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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That's just a sample of the old-fashioned words peppering the first few dozen pages of this month's feature novel, Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. Some meanings were clear from the context, a few words had me reaching for my dictionary, while
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Tapu Misa: Banning the burqa would not help women
California City :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Monday Jul 25, 2011 A liberal society should let people make choices that may not be in their interests, writes Tapu Misa...Though not Khadija, of course, the prophet's first wife and Islam's first convert. The rich Meccan businesswoman, who would
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Review: 'Caleb's Crossing' another marvelous mix of history, fiction from Geraldine Brooks
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Let such as say our sex is void of reason, Know 'tis a slander now, but once was treason." -- Anne Bradstreet, "In Honor of That High and Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth," 1643 "Caleb's Crossing" begins with a confession and ends with resignation --
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