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Foreign Correspondence

A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over

A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over

A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over

By Geraldine Brooks

By Geraldine Brooks

By Geraldine Brooks

By Geraldine Brooks

By Geraldine Brooks
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By Geraldine Brooks
Read by Geraldine Brooks

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Jan 19, 1999 | ISBN 9780385483735

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Jan 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780307773647

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Apr 23, 2019 | 441 Minutes

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    About Foreign Correspondence

    As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks, an award-winning foreign correspondent, embarked on a human treasure hunt to find her pen friends. She found men and women whose lives had been shaped by war and hatred, by fame and notoriety, and by the ravages of mental illness. Intimate, moving, and often humorous, Foreign Correspondence speaks to the unquiet heart of every girl who has ever yearned to become a woman of the world.

    About Foreign Correspondence

    As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks, an award-winning foreign correspondent, embarked on a human treasure hunt to find her pen friends. She found men and women whose lives had been shaped by war and hatred, by fame and notoriety, and by the ravages of mental illness. Intimate, moving, and often humorous, Foreign Correspondence speaks to the unquiet heart of every girl who has ever yearned to become a woman of the world.

    About Foreign Correspondence

    As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks, an award-winning foreign correspondent, embarked on a human treasure hunt to find her pen friends. She found men and women whose lives had been shaped by war and hatred, by fame and notoriety, and by the ravages of mental illness. Intimate, moving, and often humorous, Foreign Correspondence speaks to the unquiet heart of every girl who has ever yearned to become a woman of the world.

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    About Geraldine Brooks

    Geraldine Brooks is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel March and the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing, People of the Book, and Year of Wonders. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and… More about Geraldine Brooks

    About Geraldine Brooks

    Geraldine Brooks is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel March and the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing, People of the Book, and Year of Wonders. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and… More about Geraldine Brooks

    About Geraldine Brooks

    Geraldine Brooks is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel March and the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing, People of the Book, and Year of Wonders. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and… More about Geraldine Brooks

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 19, 1999 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385483735

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 26, 2011 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307773647

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Apr 23, 2019 | 441 Minutes | ISBN 9780593107485
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    "Geraldine Brooks’ talent is unique: she combines the hardest-hitting reporting with a true writer’s sensitivity and an empathy rare for anyone. In Foreign Correspondence she trains her lucid gaze on the turmoil of female adolescence and by doing so brings us a dazzling range of insights that extend beyond introspection to raise questions about national identity in an increasingly global culture."–Naomi Wolf, author of Promiscuities

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