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Oct 22, 2015 · It isn’t for me to argue with Scripture, but I will say that Geraldine Brooks’s latest novel, “The Secret Chord” — a thundering, gritty, emotionally devastating reconsideration of the ...
Oct 6, 2015 · The Secret Chord by Aussie author Geraldine Brooks is a fascinating look into the long ago life of King David; his rise from a lowly young shepherd to eventual King and everything in between. His life was one of barbarism and cruelty; also love and family; betrayal and loss.
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Oct 6, 2015 · In 1995, an elderly unnamed widow is moving into an Oregon nursing home on the urging of her controlling son, Julien, a surgeon. This trajectory is interrupted when she receives an invitation to return to France to attend a ceremony honoring passeurs: people who aided the escape of others during the war.
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Book Review: "The Secret Chord" By Geraldine Brooks '83JRN (Viking) Sally Lee. |. Spring 2016. The legend of King David is familiar to anyone who grew up in the Abrahamic tradition, but his story, as told by Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN, is something of a revelation.
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Oct 3, 2015 · Review: 'The Secret Chord,' by Geraldine Brooks FICTION: Pulitzer winner Geraldine Brooks uses familiar lyrical prose to bring the Old Testament's King David to life.
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Oct 4, 2016 · A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim.