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Geraldine Brooks

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in Sydney, Australia

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney, and attended Bethlehem College Ashfield and the University of Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald for three years as a feature writer with a special interest in environmental issues.

In 1982 she won the Greg Shackleton Australian News Correspondents scholarship to the journalism master’s program at Columbia University in New York City. Later she worked for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans.

She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March ...more

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ABC Compass follows Pulitzer Prize-winner and beloved Australian author Geraldine Brooks as she goes to Flinders Island, Tasmania, to finally grieve the sudden death of her husband, Tony Horwitz. As a convert to Judaism, she ponders how other religions use rituals to help with healing.

Geraldine Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March. Her novels People of the B

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Geraldine Brooks’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 738,161 ratings · 70,269 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Horse 4.25 avg rating — 194,113 ratings — published 2022 — 39 editions	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
	Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 172,794 ratings — published 2001 — 81 editions	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
	People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 154,425 ratings — published 2008 — 132 editions	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
	March 3.82 avg rating — 76,816 ratings — published 2005 — 67 editions	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
	Caleb's Crossing 3.86 avg rating — 71,270 ratings — published 2011 — 58 editions	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
	The Secret Chord 3.68 avg rating — 21,527 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	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
	Memorial Days 4.32 avg rating — 17,374 ratings — published 2025 — 11 editions	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
	Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women 4.05 avg rating — 15,002 ratings — published 1994 — 59 editions	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
	Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over 3.94 avg rating — 2,916 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	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
	The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Caitlin Horrocks (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 2,033 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	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

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“For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.”
― Geraldine Brooks, March

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“To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind.”
― Geraldine Brooks, March

tags: attitude, insight, mind, reading, tastes

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“A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.”
― Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book

tags: books

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Which Of These BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Books Would You Like To See As One Of Our Group Read Options For The Summer 2010 Challenge?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

49 votes, 26.1%

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

29 votes, 15.4%

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

26 votes, 13.8%

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

22 votes, 11.7%

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

17 votes, 9.0%

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

14 votes, 7.4%

The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee

11 votes, 5.9%

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

9 votes, 4.8%

The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

8 votes, 4.3%

The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri: A Novel by David Bajo

3 votes, 1.6%

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Geraldine’s Quotes

“Writing a book is a bit like surfing," he said. "Most of the time you're waiting. And it's quite pleasant, sitting in the water waiting. But you are expecting that the result of a storm over the horizon, in another time zone, usually, days old, will radiate out in the form of waves. And eventually, when they show up, you turn around and ride that energy to the shore. It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace. As a writer, you roll up to the desk every day, and then you sit there, waiting, in the hope that something will come over the horizon. And then you turn around and ride it, in the form of a story.”
― Tim Winton

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