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"Horse," by Geraldine Brooks, explores the unwritten history of America’s most famous racehorse—and how far we still have to go in confronting systemic racism. Geraldine Brooks on Racing—and ...
A native of Sydney, Geraldine Brooks grew up in its inner-west suburb of Ashfield.Her father, Lawrie Brooks, was an American big-band singer who was stranded in Adelaide on a tour of Australia when his manager absconded with the band's pay; he decided to remain in Australia, and became a newspaper sub-editor.
Geraldine Brooks' “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels' and Toluse Olorunnipa's “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial ...
The novel "Horse," published in June 2022, is rooted in the very real history of an American racehorse and in Brooks' own love for and appreciation of equines. More: Star sub: Met standout Angela ...
The book's Afterword briefly explains which parts of the novel are based on fact and which are imaginary. Geraldine Brooks wrote an article for The New Yorker that provides more details about the Sarajevo Haggadah and its real-life rescuers, especially Dervis Korkut, who hid it from the Nazis. It also explains that Lola, the young Jewish ...
Recorded Books: Finalist [9] [11] Horse: Geraldine Brooks: James Fouhey, Lisa Flanagan, Graham Halstead, Katherine Littrell, and Michael Obiora: Penguin Random House: Finalist [9] [11] The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) Victor Hugo, trans. by Isabel Florence Hapgood: Simon Vance: Oasis Audio Finalist [9] [11] Yerba Buena: Nina LaCour: Julia ...