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Martha Brooks

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born
Manitoba, Canada

gender
female

genre
Young Adult


About this author

Critically acclaimed playwright, novelist and short fiction writer Martha Brooks was born and raised in a medical family on the grounds of the now defunct Manitoba Sanatorium at Ninette, Manitoba and resides with her husband, Brian, in Winnipeg.

She has penned award-winning short stories and several powerful novels for young readers, as well as several plays, all of which deal with the universal themes of love and loss. Her finely drawn characters learn to deal with the trials life sends their way and grow because of such trials.

Frequently appearing on the American Library Association Best Books Lists, Brooks has been nominated four times for the Governor­General's Award - receiving it, at last, in 2002 for "True Confessions of a Heartless...more


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Average rating: 3.48 · 923 ratings · 210 reviews · 13 distinct works
Mistik Lake
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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True Confessions of a Heart...
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 299 ratings — 8 editions
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Queen of Hearts
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Two Moons in August
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
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Bone Dance
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — 5 editions
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Being with Henry
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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Traveling On Into The Light
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 5 editions
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Paradise Cafe: And Other St...
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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A Hill For Looking
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982
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Confessions D'une Fille San...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004
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Quotes by Martha Brooks

“thoughts are cheap and they don't hurt anybody”
― Martha Brooks, Mistik Lake
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“But he photographs, they were irreplaceable. How should you determine the financial worth of a memory, one that looks at you, makes the world stop turning and takes your breath...”
― Martha Brooks
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“Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and to revere the ancestors. We are all haunted and saved by our memories.”
― Martha Brooks, Bone Dance
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