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Carole Giangrande

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I'm the author of four novels - The Tender Birds (2019), All That is Solid Melts into Air (2017), winner of the 2018 Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Literary Fiction (both 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. 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 EcoTheo Review (Oct. 2018) and was nomin ...more

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	All That Is Solid Melts Into Air 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	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
	Midsummer 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	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
	Here Comes the Dreamer 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015	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
	The Tender Birds 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	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
	An Ordinary Star 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	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
	A Gardener on the Moon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	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
	Do I Have To Go To Sleep? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	A Forest Burning 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	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
	Missing Persons 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	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
	The Nuclear North: The People, The Regions, And The Arms Race 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 it was amazing Brighten the Corner Where You Are 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
No doubt the story of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis is well-known to many, but Carol Bruneau's captivating novel was my first introduction to this extraordinary woman. It's her first-person voice that grabs the reader; witty, colloquial and full ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing In the Absence of Sons by Carol Lipszyc	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
Carol Lipszyc’s new poetry chapbook In the Absence of Sons rewards the attentive reader with clarity and insight. The poet adresses a range of subjects — loss and regret, but also the wisdom of setting the past aside. The title of the book is found in ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing Traps: A Robin Macfarland Mystery by Sky Curtis	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 book is delightful. It's the first Robin Macfarland mystery that I've read, and I recommend it both as an escape from all the bad news and an immersion into other kinds of...bad news. No, it's not heavy in any way, and in fact, it's quite funny ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book really liked it One of Us: A Biologist's Walk Among Bears by Barrie K. Gilbert (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 was a fascinating book. Dr. Gilbert's commitment to the welfare of grizzly bears is compelling, considering that he was mauled and almost killed by a grizzly some forty years ago. He conveys a strong sense of what an ecosystem is, in this case, ...more
Feb 22, 2020 04:02PM · 2 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of One of Us by Barrie K. Gilbert. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — One of Us by Barrie K. Gilbert <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Carole Giangrande and 1 other person liked Lisa Nikolits's review of The Tender Birds: "Carole Giangrande’s writing is, as always, a sheer delight to read. And, from the moment I started it, I felt as if The Tender Birds was written with me in mind - my worldly dilemmas, my contemplations of this confusing and randomly unspiritual era i" Read more of this review »
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing The Occult Persuasion and the Anarchist's Solution by Lisa de Nikolits (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
I'm not a person who's crazy about flying, so when it's time to fly, I look for a book to read that will make me forget I'm up in the air. On a recent trip, I took along Lisa de Nikolits' latest adventure, fastened my seat belt and "took off" before ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing Look After Her by Hannah Brown	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 is a remarkable first novel, a compelling, and thought-provoking work of historical fiction. Prior to the First World War, two young Austrian-Jewish girls from a prosperous Viennese home suffer the loss of their parents, are kidnapped and taken ...more
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Carole Giangrande rated a book it was amazing What We Carry 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 pleasure at every level of reading — language and imagery, sound (suggested by the inclusion of bars from Chopin's 24 Preludes) and rhythm, but most of all the narrator's wise and thoughtful voice, spiked with just the right measure of tartnes ...more
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