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Brynn Olenberg Sugarman

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in New York City, The United States
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The Time Traveler's Wife, A Wrinkle in Time, The Chronicles of Narnia, ...more

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September 2012


With books and me, it was love at first sight. I remember standing on a stool to reach the counter in the local library. I was four and proud that I could sign my name, and get my very own library card, a passport to all of those great books on the shelf.

For seventh grade English, I wrote about 13-year-old twins who go back in time and meet their mother as a kid. I guess that writing assignment was at the root of Midnight at the Taj Mahal. Thank you Mrs. Unschuld of I.S. 181 in The Bronx!

I later graduated from SUNY Binghamton with a BA in Creative Writing and from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem with an MA in English Literature.

I love to travel and have been to many places, including Vietnam, where I adopted my daughter Rachele. My firs
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"Midnight at the Taj Mahal"

"Midnight at the Taj Mahal" has been reviewed in several American blogs but now has been showcased by Debdatta, an Indian blogger. Somehow this feels like poetic justice: after all, the story takes place in India and the Taj Mahal is an Indian heritage site!

Check out this Guest Post, as well as the rest of Debdatta's awesome blog: Book Reviews by DDS:

http://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/p/about-me_... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 12, 2013 00:37 Tags: adventure, blog, debdatta, india, taj-mahal, time-travel
Average rating: 3.83 · 48 ratings · 28 reviews · 3 distinct works
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Midnight at the Taj Mahal

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Tuesdays with Mor...
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Brynn Sugarman Brynn Sugarman said: " I am normally not a reader of non-fiction but this book is one which changes a person's life forever! There are many authors of self-help books out there: Morrie Schwartz, the subject of this book, is not one of them, but rather a living role model w ...more "

 
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Brynn Sugarman Brynn Sugarman said: " I first read this book when I was a kid and it profoundly influenced me. It is about man's ability to adapt and meld with his environment, and is a predecessor of "Avatar", with the same irony: man sets out to conquer his environment, only to find th ...more "

 

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On Brand by Aliza Licht
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Usually I am a fiction reader, so this is not my normal material but boy did it leave me spellbound! So much solid, practical, yet creatively well written advise about building a brand! As a writer, it had relevance to me: how can I build my brand as ...more
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Well written, with occasional, whimsical additions of structural replacements for language, used to highlight meaning. One woman’s personal struggle in her marriage and definition of home, finally ending with the realization that “it’s an inside job, ...more
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This is was the first book which I tried to read by Rooney, with the emphasis on the word "try." After two chapters, I gave up, not a habit of mine. The characters just felt flat, and a lot of attention was paid to their every minute body language, w ...more
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"Places We Left Behind" is a carefully written personal account of the challenges of a relationship, and in particular, marriage. The layout is creatively and cleverly structured, and reflects the meaning which the words evoke. Although it is sad tha ...more
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