Brooks, Geraldine
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Horse
This title will appeal to fans of Margaret Atwood and Kathleen Kent and would be a good for any library looking to add to its representation of the African American experience.
Horse
Brooks has penned a clever and richly detailed novel about how we commodify, commemorate, and quantify winning in the United States, all through the lens of horse racing. Highly recommended.
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The Secret Chord
Highly recommended for all collections. ["The author's use of archaic language…slows down the narrative, but her writing is insightful and impeccably researched": LJ 8/15 review of the Viking hc.]
PREMIUM
The Secret Chord
Pulitzer Prize winner Brooks (People of the Book) has given us a portrait of a monarch who is despicable, heartless, and cruel and yet can inspire and reciprocate passionate love and fierce loyalty. The author's use of archaic language, including the Hebrew spelling of names (Solomon is Shlomo; Bethlehem is Beit Lethem; etc.) slows down the narrative, but her writing is insightful and impeccably researched. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/15.]
PREMIUM
Writing in Bethia's voice, Brooks offers a lyric and elevated narrative that effectively replicates the language of the era; she takes on the obvious issues of white arrogance, cultural difference, and the debased role of women without settling into jeremiad. The result is sweet and aching. Highly recommended. [Prepub Alert, 11/15/10.]
Caleb's Crossing
Writing in Bethia's voice, Brooks offers a lyric and elevated narrative that effectively replicates the language of the era; she takes on the obvious issues of white arrogance, cultural difference, and the debased role of women without settling into jeremiad. The result is sweet and aching. Highly recommended. [Prepub Alert, 11/15/10.]
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