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Janet Levine

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in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Fiction, Psychology, Memoir

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Janet Levine is a literary author and journalist whose work spans both fiction and
nonfiction, blending history,
social insight, and deeply human storytelling. She is the author of several acclaimed books,
including the
bestselling Inside Apartheid (1988), a landmark work examining life in South Africa under
apartheid, and Liv’s
Secrets, a sweeping Jewish family historical saga set in South Africa between the 1880s and
1960s. Liv’s Secrets
was nominated for the 2023 National Book Awards.
Levine’s writing often weaves real historical events with richly imagined characters,
reflecting her lifelong
engagement with social justice and human rights. Her nonfiction work includes Reading
Matters: How Literature
Influences Life (2022), an insightful exploration ...more

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	Liv's Secrets 4.88 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be 4.18 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading Matters: How Literature Influences Life 4.92 avg rating — 65 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enneagram Intelligences: Understanding Personality for Effective Teaching and Learning really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside Apartheid One Woman's Struggle in South Africa 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transformers Cyberverse: blank lined journal, Notebook for drawing doodling or sketching, A Great Gift For Kids teens For Christmas, Birthday, New Year - Wide Ruled Lined (6" x"9 100 Pages) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janet Levine said: " A wonderful read; historical family memoir wrapped in modern European history (1850s to 1950s). Internationally acclaimed ceramicist Edmund De Waal takes a sabbatical from his art studio in London to trace his family's roots from their position as th ...more "

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