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Laurel Corona
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Another excerpt from THE MAPMAKER'S DAUGHTER: My love for you is written in my bones
Woven through my new novel is a passionate, sensual love story between my protagonist, Amalia, and Jamil, a Muslim poet and courtier. Now an old woman, Amalia feels the spirit of her now dead lover visiting her:
My body is too old and dry to waken as it once did at the thought of Jamil, but the hair on my arms rises so quickly I can almost hear it crackle as he comes up behind me.
“You’re here,” I Read more of this blog post »
My body is too old and dry to waken as it once did at the thought of Jamil, but the hair on my arms rises so quickly I can almost hear it crackle as he comes up behind me.
“You’re here,” I Read more of this blog post »
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The Mapmaker's Daughter
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2014
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The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
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2008
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Penelope's Daughter
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2010
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Finding Emilie
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2011
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Aloha Wanderwell Takes the Wheel: A Novel
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France
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2002
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Las cuatro estaciones
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Afghanistan
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2002
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Poland
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2000
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Kenya
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1999
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The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession
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“Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry.
Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into lasting ills. And from my stubborn delusions come a thousand deceits, which later I accept as damage I’ve done.”
― The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into lasting ills. And from my stubborn delusions come a thousand deceits, which later I accept as damage I’ve done.”
― The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
“My prayers and dreams are wrapped up together, vague and contradictory. "Let me leave my mark in the world," I say to the air around me. I don't want to feel so invisible, yet I'm torn between wishing to move away from this place and wanting it to be me and I it.”
― The Mapmaker's Daughter
― The Mapmaker's Daughter
“You need to put on a pretty dress and have Corinne arrange your hair... and don't forget to bring your mind.
--Julie de Bercy”
― Finding Emilie
--Julie de Bercy”
― Finding Emilie
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