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Susan Barnett Braun

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I grew up in a small Midwestern town and began writing books while still in elementary school ("The Mystery in Maine" was my best, I think!). After growing up, teaching school, and raising three daughters, I used the extra time I had to write "real" books. Each of them was inspired by some part of myself: "I Love to Tell the Story" about my childhood growing up attending our local church; "Not So Happily Ever After" about my favorite historical figure, "mad" King Ludwig II; "Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge: A Biography for Children" about a key current member of my beloved British royal family; "The Phantom of the Organ," inspired by my church organist job; and "The Tiny Crown," bringing together my love of school, medieval history, an ...more

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Not So Happily Ever After: ...

3.79 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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I Love to Tell the Story

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The Magnificent Ambersons: Review

“The Magnificent Ambersons” is a classic that has been on my to-read list for a while. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1919 and author Booth Tarkington is a Hoosier and a name I’ve been aware of without really knowing anything about him. Numerous plays and films have also been made about the book, although […]
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Mystery at Mouse Castle by Rachel Selle
" Thanks Peg! I'm in the same boat really. I know I would have enjoyed it as a child. I don't know of any kids to recommend to currently but it will alw ...more "
Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart by Russ Ramsey
" Thanks Peg! I've always loved Rockwell too and found his work so "relatable"! You have a great excuse for taking a bit of a breather from reading :) I ...more "
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I heard about “Mystery at Mouse Castle” a few years ago from a social media page I follow called German Girl in America. It is a children’s book about a group of kids who solve a mystery in Germany. It piqued my interest. The cover illustration remin ...more
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I thought I'd enjoy "Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart" based on a friend's review. I saw that it was on the shelf at my local library branch, so that was as big an invitation to read it as I could imagine. Author/pastor Russ Ramsey aims to write "what art ...more
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“The Last Garden in England” has been on my to-read list for a while. The library had it in when I needed it, so I began reading. I was drawn to England of course, and to the garden too. The book has a beautiful cover!

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“Most of Ludwig's excesses involved pursuits popular among Bavarians, who shared his love for hiking, drinking, and over the top decorating”
Susan Barnett Braun , Not So Happily Ever After: The Tale of King Ludwig II

“I must build or die,” Ludwig”
Susan Barnett Braun, Not So Happily Ever After: The Tale of King Ludwig II

“Science and studying have not been able to answer your questions, or mine. Faith---well, it's been my experience that many of life's deeper mysteries must be taken on faith. Our finite minds can't understand everything.”
Susan Barnett Braun, The Tiny Crown

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“It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.
To feel it so like myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me realize that I'd been happy, and that I was happy still. For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.”
Albert Camus, The Stranger

“I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.”
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“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.”
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus

“We as Bible-believing evangelical Christians are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Christ.”
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