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Carole Giangrande

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I'm the author of three novels - All That is Solid Melts into Air (2017), winner of the 2018 Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Literary Fiction (published by Inanna), A Forest Burning (2000) and An Ordinary Star (2004), both published by Cormorant Books, along with a short story collection, Missing Persons (1994). My novellas include A Gardener on the Moon (Quattro, 2010), winner of the Ken Klonsky Award; Midsummer (2014) and Here Comes The Dreamer (2015) both published by Inanna. My next novel, The Tender Birds, will be published in Fall 2019. I also write essays and poetry; my essay "Goshawk" won a Lyric Essay Award in July 2016 and was published in Eastern Iowa Review, and another essay, "Death of a Red-Tailed Hawk," appeared in EcoT ...more

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Carole Giangrande rated a book really liked it La Brigantessa by Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What a stunning book. This historical novel is set in 1862, during the tumultuous period of Italy's struggle for unification. Its central character, the peasant Gabriella Falcone, is on the run from the law after defending herself against attempted r ...more
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This is a thoroughly engrossing book, and Lisa de Nikolits' best. At first I was daunted by the thought of spending time with such a pack of obnoxious characters, but that hesitation was not to last. The characters grew in every sense and in every di ...more
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Carole Giangrande wants to read Becoming by Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Best Memoir & Autobiography	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carole Giangrande rated a book really liked it The White Ribbon Man by Mary Lou Dickinson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's easy to get absorbed in Mary Lou Dickinson's latest novel and her best so far — a mystery in which a body is found in the downstairs washroom of Toronto's downtown Holy Trinity Church. The engine that kick-starts the story is the clash of opposi ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing The Discovery of Flight by Susan Glickman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What a moving book - I couldn't put it down. The sisters' contrasting voices work so well - one of them in the journal of Sophie, a wry and engaging twelve-year-old and the other her older sister Libby - ill with cerebral palsy, yet writing a poetic ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book really liked it Under the Zaboca Tree by Glynis Guevara (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Glynis Guevara has written an engaging tale of a young girl's journey, as she tries to uncover the reasons for her mother's absence and to define her own connections with family, both real and constructed. Baby Girl is a sympathetic character - one w ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons by Jocelyn Cullity (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you love historical fiction (and even if you don't), this thrilling book is a must-read. It tells the true story of a long-forgotten uprising in the Indian city of Lucknow (1857) against the rapacious British East India Company, It's told through ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing A Bird on Every Tree by Carol Bruneau (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This wonderful collection of stories made me realize once again why I love to read. Beautiful writing, vivid characters and sense of place - all there, yet much more. Carol Bruneau uses exquisite language to pry loose the unnameable and hidden places ...more
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This is a smart and engaging read - a humorous and affectionate take on the Italian neighbourhoods of West Toronto and the colourful characters that brought them to life. The storytelling is fun and fast-paced and was, for me, a great airport traveli ...more
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“When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.”
― Czeslaw Milosz

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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
― Albert Camus

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