Maggie Brookes
Goodreads Author
Born
London, The United Kingdom
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March 2019
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The Prisoner's Wife
33 editions
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published
2020
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Acts of Love and War
8 editions
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2022
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House of Dreams
2 editions
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published
2015
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I would like to get a copy of this wonderful book into every school in the country, and into the hands of every politician, teacher, parent and child. It could not be more timely, or better judged. It is by turns eloquent, terrifying, funny and bitte ...more | |
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In the tradition of Jane Austen and Bridget Jones, this is a witty tale of a young woman in search of a husband. But it's also laced with some wonderful details of Bengali life and the particular problems for a British-born girl from a Bengali family ...more | |
“But all she would remember was the way they stopped and stared as though she was a vision, as though she could become the fixed point in the turmoil of their lives. As though she would save them.”
― Acts of Love and War
― Acts of Love and War
“The Spanish poet Lorca wrote, 'To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.' And now I have lifted that punishment from my heart and I feel free for the first time in years because I can say - you are my darling”
― Acts of Love and War
― Acts of Love and War
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