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Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked for eleven years on the Wall Street Journal, covering stories from some of the world’s most troubled areas, including Bosnia, Somalia and the Middle East.Her first novel, A Year of Wonders, was set during the English plague year of 1666, and became an international bestseller. In December 2005 March’, her second novel, was selected by the Washington Post as one of the five best fiction works published during the year. In April 2006, the book earned Brooks the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.She lives with her husband and son in rural Virginia and is currently a fellow at Harvard University.
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CALEB’S CROSSING
The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller ‘March’, Sunday Times bestseller ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’.
Publication date: UK 10th May 2012
YEAR OF WONDERS [ePub edition]
![Cover of: YEAR OF WONDERS [ePub edition]](http://images.harpercollins.co.uk/hcwebimages/HCCOVERS/059000/059004-FC63.jpg)
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘March’ and ‘People of the Book’. A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village.
Publication date: UK 14th Jul 2011
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK [ePub edition]
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The new novel from the author of ‘March’ and ‘Year of Wonders’ takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.
Publication date: UK 14th Jul 2011
MARCH [ePub edition]
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War.
Publication date: UK 14th Jul 2011
CALEB’S CROSSING
The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller ‘March’, ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
CALEB’S CROSSING [ePub edition; not AU]
![Cover of: CALEB’S CROSSING [ePub edition; not AU]](http://images.harpercollins.co.uk/hcwebimages/HCCOVERS/050600/050680-FC63.jpg)
The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller ‘March’, ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
The new novel from the author of ‘March’ and ‘Year of Wonders’ takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.
Publication date: UK 1st Oct 2008
YEAR OF WONDERS
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘March’ and ‘People of the Book’. A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village.
Publication date: UK 1st Oct 2008
MARCH
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War.
Publication date: UK 1st Oct 2008
MARCH
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War.
Publication date: UK 16th Jan 2007