Lesley Hazleton


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Lesley Hazleton

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gender female
website http://www.jezebelbook.com
genre Biographies & Memoirs, History, Religion & Spirituality
influences multifarious

about this author

1. My new book 'Jezebel: the untold story of the bible's harlot queen' is just out (Doubleday). Yes, she was framed. No, she was no harlot. Yes, she was magnificent.

2. Won't bore you with the whole bio -- it's in the 'About the Author' page on www.jezebelbook.com. For now: British-born, lived for a long time in the Middle East, now live in the very Pacific Northwest.

3. Favorite drink is grappa.
Natural habitat is high desert (which must have something to do with my living on a houseboat/floating home at sea level...)
Am gnostic agnostic (and yes, will write a long piece/short book explaining that one day).

books by Lesley Hazleton

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avg rating: 3.88 | 65 ratings | 11 distinct works
Jezebel: The Untold Story of t... Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen (Hardcover)
by Lesley Hazleton (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.97 — 37 ratings — published 2007
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Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biogra... Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother (Hardcover)
by Lesley Hazleton (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.42 — 12 ratings — published 2004
3 editions
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Driving to Detroit: Memoirs of... Driving to Detroit: Memoirs of a Fast Woman (Paperback)
by Lesley Hazleton (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir... Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir or War and Peace, Passion and Politics (Paperback)
by Lesley Hazleton (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1987
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England, Bloody England: An Ex... England, Bloody England: An Expatriate's Return (Hardcover)
by Lesley Hazleton (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1990
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The World Without Us 09/27 Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by Alan Weisman
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read in January, 2007

Lesley Lesley said: "What'll I tell you? I'm finding it incredibly soothing to read this book. The very idea that if we were all to disappear tomorrow, the world would actually recover -- okay, it'd take thousands of years, but it would, it really would survive us... ...more "



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December 22, 2007
Harlot's Ghost: A No... Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Harlot's Ghost: A Novel (Paperback)
by Norman Mailer
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Lesley Lesley said: "Mailer, check.
Too long, check.
Creaky structure, check.
Weird pseudo-psycho theorizing, check.
Obsession with buggery, check.
Tin ear for female characters, check.
BRILLIANT, check.
Yes, brilliant. Mailer's CIA novel, through to the Bay of P...more
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December 15, 2007
Flight of the Goose Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Flight of the Goose (Paperback)
by Lesley Thomas (Goodreads author!)
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read in December, 2007

Lesley Lesley said: "Lesley Thomas has done what would seem to be the impossible -- taken us deep inside the Inupiat world, in the voice and mind of an extraordinary young woman with still more extraordinary powers. I know of no book like this. "Smilla's Sense of ...more "
October 30, 2007
The Brief Wondrous L... Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by Junot Díaz
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Lesley Lesley said: "Trans-bloody-cendent *
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* And yes, read the footnotes, all of them -- they're the structural underpinning of this amazing novel
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October 29, 2007
412esm-0qcl New comment on Laureen's review of The Alchemist (Plus)
423365 Lesley wrote: "Right on, Laureen.
My reaction to the preach, preach, preach was yawn, yawn, yawn...
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October 26, 2007
The Golden Spruce: A... Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed (Paperback)
by John Vaillant
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Lesley Lesley said: "Extraordinary story, wonderfully told. Was haunted by this story ever since I first read part of it, I think in The New Yorker, or maybe Harper's. Pounced on it when I saw it had come out as a book. Not just the built-in tension of the disappearin...more "
October 22, 2007
The Fire This Time Lesley gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Fire This Time (Hardcover)
by Randall Kenan (Goodreads author!)
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read in December, 2007
1759774 New comment on Lesley's review of Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen
423365 Lesley wrote: "In case you're wondering what's going on here, the above review was written by Lesley Thomas, an ext...more "

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