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Maggie Brookes

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Maggie Brookes is a British ex-journalist and BBC television producer turned poet and novelist.
The Prisoner’s Wife is based on an extraordinary true story of love and courage, told to her by an ex-WW2 prisoner of war. Maggie visited the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany as part of her research for the book, learning largely forgotten aspects of the war.
The Prisoner’s Wife is due to be published by imprints of Penguin Random House in the UK and in the US in May 2020. Publication in other countries, including Holland, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic will follow.
As well as being a writer, Maggie is an advisory fellow for the Royal Literary Fund and also an Associate Professor at Middlesex University, London, England, ...more

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Maggie Brookes rated a book it was amazing Dad, Remember You Are Dead by Jacqueline Saphra	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 a wonderful collection – funny, angry, intelligent and moving. A fitting successor to the TS Eliot shortlisted All My Mad Mothers. It’s the work of a poet at the top of her game, and superbly in control of her craft, using form in unexpected and ...more
Jan 07, 2020 03:26AM · 1 like · like · see review
Maggie Brookes rated a book it was amazing Britannic Myths by Steven O'Brien	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 going to be buying this extraordinary book for lots of people. As the author says in the introduction, “I find it strange that the people of these islands often know more about the pantheons of Greece and Rome than they do about the mythic hoard ...more
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Maggie Brookes rated a book it was amazing Son of a Silverback by Russell Kane	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
Of course it’s as funny as the cover promises – as funny and painfully honest as you’d expect from this talented comedian. But this book is so much more than a witty memoir or a portrait of toxic masculitnity. It’s also a vivid snapshot portrait of a ...more
Nov 26, 2019 08:03AM · like · see review