Geraldine Brooks

A gift of an essay that illuminates the literary talents of two of Australia's greatest writers In this beautifully written personal essay, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks offers readers brilliant insights into the work of one of Australia's greatest living writers, Tim Winton. In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and...

A richly imagined novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Caleb's Crossing reconfirms Geraldine Brooks's reputation as one of our most supple and insightful novelists' New York Times. When Bethia Mayfield, a spirited 12-year-old living in the rigid confines of a 17th-century English Puritan settlement, meets Caleb, the young son of a Wampanoag...

As meticulously researched as all of Brooks' previous work, People of the Book is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love, and survival. 'an imaginative tour de force' - GOOD WEEKEND When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript that has been recovered from the...

When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript that has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of war-torn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work...

Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. From the author of the acclaimed Year of Wonders, an historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe, on the front lines of the American Civil War. Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and conjures a world...

Frank, enraging and captivating. The New Yorker. Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known internationally for her bestselling novels, but as a foreign correspondent, she spent six years covering the Middle East. When her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall Street Journal suddenly adopted the uniform of a Muslim fundamentalist, Geraldine Brooks set out to...

An award-winning memoir from the bestselling author of March and Year of Wonders. Born in Sydney's western suburbs in the late 1950s, the young Geraldine Brooks longs to discover the vivid places where she believes history and culture are made. Penfriends from the Middle East, France, and America offer her the window she craves on life beyond Australia's isolated backyard....

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses like Seabiscuit and Secretariat. WINNER OF THE FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 WINNER OF THE ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS...

A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of HorseMany cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her...

“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty... the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize—a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses like Seabiscuit and Secretariat. WINNER OF THE FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 WINNER OF THE ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March comes a unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. 'A skilful reimagining ...gracefully and intelligently told.' - Kirkus Reviews 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. The time of King David. Anointed as the...

A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when...

A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village. In 1666, plague swept through London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, in an attempt to escape contagion. The north of England remained untouched until, in a small...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. In the spring of 1666, a bolt of infected cloth carries the plague from London to the quiet village of Eyam. The villagers elect to isolate...