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Barbara Samuel
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FAIRY TALES, magic realism, William Shakespeare, every romance ever wr...more
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I haven’t had enough artist’s dates recently. Every time I imagine taking the afternoon off to enjoy something–a friend, a meander through a bookstore, a movie–I start fretting about what I’ll have to give up to get that. Work or exercise mainly. I won’t give up the afternoons with Amara, which are artist’s dates in many ways, and there is a garden to put in now that the ground is warming. Gard...
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In the Midnight Rain
by Barbara Samuel (Goodreads Author) , Ruth Wind — published 2000 — 8 editions |
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No Place Like Home
— published 2002 — 12 editions |
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Heart of a Knight
— published 1997 — 4 editions |
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The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue: A Novel
— published 2004 — 9 editions |
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A Piece of Heaven
— published 2002 — 8 editions |
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Lady Luck's Map of Vegas
— published 2004 — 8 editions |
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A Bed of Spices
— published 1993 — 4 editions |
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Madame Mirabou's School of Love: A Novel
— published 2006 — 7 editions |
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The Black Angel (St. Ives Family, #1)
— published 1999 — 5 editions |
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Lucien's Fall
— published 1995 — 3 editions |
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Starcrossed lovers show up often enough in romance, but rarely with such convincing emotion as in The Sleeping Night. Barbara Samuel's tale of an interracial couple in postwar Texas takes readers through a rollercoaster of emotion as we see her ch...
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I'm almost speechless. Such depth. Such brilliant writing. Such a unique pairing in such a brutal time period. Such heartfelt emotion. Simply a perfect book.
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Barbara Samuel
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The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1)
by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
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| This is one of my favorite books. I read it years ago, and it still lingers. | |
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“How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?”
― Barbara Samuel, The Sleeping Night
― Barbara Samuel, The Sleeping Night
“Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something.”
― Barbara Samuel, The Sleeping Night
― Barbara Samuel, The Sleeping Night
“It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned earnestly toward him. "Your hand, Papa, has wielded a sword and cradled a child and held power over hundreds of men." She held up her own hand. "This one has far fewer adventures before it.”
― Barbara Samuel, A Bed of Spices
― Barbara Samuel, A Bed of Spices
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