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About Geraldine Brooks
Australian-American journalist and novelist
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American journalist and novelist, known for her fiction and reporting. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March. Brooks has written both journalism and novels, and March brought her major recognition. Her work is associated with literary fiction and with the eye for detail that comes from a background in reporting.
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Wit: more sayings
- “The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.”Francis Bacon
- “Neither wit nor beauty nor riches can conquer misery, only kindness can.”Angelos Michalopoulos
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Books by Geraldine Brooks
People of the book
2009
Year of Wonders
2001
Caleb's crossing
2011
March
2005
The Secret Chord
2015