Geraldine Brooks
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born
January 01, 1955
gender
female
place of birth
Australia
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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
Geraldine Brooks (born 1955) is an Pulitzer Prize-winning, Australian-American journalist and author.
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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 3.89 — 7,059 ratings — published 2001 24 editions |
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 3.83 — 6,365 ratings — published 2008 25 editions |
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March by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 3.67 — 5,556 ratings — published 2005 17 editions |
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 4.01 — 1,314 ratings — published 1995 11 editions |
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Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 3.80 — 136 ratings — published 1998 6 editions |
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March by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2006 |
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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Romances of Colonial Days by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005 4 editions |
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Dames And Daughters Of The Young Republic by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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Dames And Daughters Of The French Court by Geraldine Brooks avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand."
— Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)
— Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)
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"You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going."
— Geraldine Brooks (March)
— Geraldine Brooks (March)
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perseverance
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"God warns us not to love any earthly thing above Himself, and yet He sets in a mother's heart such a fierce passion for her babes that I do not comprehend how He can test us so."
— Geraldine Brooks (Year of Wonders)
— Geraldine Brooks (Year of Wonders)
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