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Beth Powning

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The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.powning.com/beth/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Arts & Photography, Outdoors & Nature

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Born in a small town in Connecticut. Attended E.O. Smith High School, and Sarah Lawrence College. Majored in creative writing. Moved to New Brunswick, Canada in 1970.

Ran a pottery business with husband Peter. One son, Jake. Began publishing short stories, journalism, and photography.

"Seeds of Another Summer," essays and photos, published in 1995 in Canada, simultaneously in the U.S. as "Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life."
"Shadow Child, An Apprenticeship in Love and Loss" was published in Canada and the U.S, in 1999.
A novel, "The Hatbox Letters", was published in 2004 in Canada and the U.S.
"Edge Seasons", literary non-fiction, was published in Canada in 2005.
Her new novel, "The Sea Captain's Wife", published January, 2010, Knopf Canada...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 661 ratings · 144 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Sea Captain's Wife 3.89 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Hatbox Letters: A Novel 3.26 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Shadow Child: An Apprenticeship in Love and Loss 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Edge Seasons: A Mid-life Year 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hardy Roses: An Organic Guide to Growing Frost- And Disease-Resistant Varieties by Robert A. Osborne, Beth Powning (Photographer) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:
	When The Wild Comes Leaping Up: Personal Encounters With Nature by David T. Suzuki (Editor), Diane Ackerman (Contributor), Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Roses For Canadian Gardens: A Prctical Guide To Varieties And Techniques by Robert A. Osborne, Beth Powning (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Hardy Trees and Shrubs: A Guide to Disease-Resistant Varieties for the North by Robert A. Osborne, Beth Powning (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hardy Roses : A Practical Guide To Varieties And Techniques by Robert A. Osborne, Beth Powning (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:

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