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1.Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by: Geraldine Brooks 2001-08
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This is wonderful read, both from the perspective of the insights into the way of life at the time in question, and from the perspective of the development of the personalities and motivations of the charachters. I am a fan of non-fictional histories, so this was a bit off the track for me, but it was a wonderful diversion. Having recently read The Great Mortality by John Kelly, I found the intimate details of life in these times even more fascinating.

2.March by: Geraldine Brooks January 31, 2006
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This is one of the most Pulizer-worthy novels I've read in a long while. The novel tells the previously untold story of the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (Signet Classics). In Little Women, the reader only gets to know Peter March through his letters sent home to his family from the Civil War. Of course, in the interest of sparing his family the details of war, his letters are more cheerful than his reality. Geraldine Brooks uses the novel March to tell of Mr. March's early life as a traveling salesman, of his first kiss with someone other than his future wife, of the meeting of his wife, of his connections to Emerson and Thoreau, of his strong abolitionist sentiments, of the war that changed him both physically and mentally, and of misunderstandings and wrongs that were never made right ... Read More

3.People of the Book: A Novel by: Geraldine Brooks January 01, 2008
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It was difficult to decide what was more disappointing: the poor narrative or the incredibly poor knowledge of the history in general, and of the region Ms. Brooks writes about in her "People of the Book". Since a lot has been said about the former in other reviews, I will comment on the latter. On p. 67 you will find a hilarious sentence ending with "...,yet following the forms of Petrarchan sonnets that had been carried inland from Diocletian's court on the Dalmatian coast." Diocletian retired to his palace on Dalmatian coast in 305 A.D. and died there in 311 A.D. Following his death, the palace was used as an administrative center and the governor's residence until, in 615, it became a refuge for the residents of Salona when their city was sacked by the Avars. In other words, there has been no "court" ... Read More

4.Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by: Geraldine Brooks January 19, 1999
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Geraldine Brooks has written a book that I can empathise with. I think of how I might have had that life in Australia had my parents not returned to England in the 1930's. I wanted, and still do, very much to talk to the author and ask her questions as she is such a good writer with a warm personality.

5.Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin January 30, 2007
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This is a tale about a remarkable man - unfortunately it is not very well written. Even tho the action takes place in different towns, it is basically the same story over and over. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in building schools for the poor in Pakistan and also as an aid to sleeplessness.

6.Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World, Newly updated by: Jan Goodwin December 31, 2002
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I ordered this book at a discount price. It appeared in a very timely manner. I have not had a chance to read yet as I ordered many books at that time. Very happy with purchase.

7.Infidel by: Ayaan Hirsi Ali April 01, 2008
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Wow, you can't put this book down! It reads like an action/suspense/thriller! Wow, I hope someone will turn this into a film soon. She is the Anne Frank of our generation. She walks us through her youth during the modern day holocaust that is the Muslim mistreatment of millions of women including little girls -- thousands who are mutilated daily. Unbelievable!

8.Suite Francaise by: Irene Nemirovsky April 10, 2007
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I had heard such great things about this book, so was really looking forward to reading it. I read to chapter 22, then quit. I thought it was extremely boring and very slow moving. I agree with some of the other reviewers that the author's situation and the subsequent discovery of her manuscript was so intriguing, I expected the book to be the same, but I was very disappointed.

9.The Bookseller of Kabul by: Asne Seierstad October 26, 2004
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The Bookseller of Kabul truly gives a representation of an Afghan family, shortly after 9/11. The book provides information that may never have been glimpsed had the author not lived with the family. Truly an intriguing, sad, shocking, emotional book. I highly recommend it.

10.Loving Frank by: Nancy Horan August 07, 2007
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I have enjoyed the book but felt it was somewhat of a slow read. Thoughful and reflective.

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