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352 books | 52 friends

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369 books | 28 friends

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209 books | 32 friends

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Kathy George

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Website

https://www.kathygeorge.com.au/

Genre

Contemporary, Historical Fiction

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Charles Dickens, Cormac McCarthy, Daphne du Maurier, Ian McEwan, John ...more

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Kathy George is an award-winning writer of short stories and fiction. She is the author of "Sargasso", "Estella" and "The Scent of Oranges". Kathy lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her family.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 991 ratings · 239 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sargasso 3.72 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Scent of Oranges 3.84 avg rating — 355 ratings — 6 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
	Estella 3.92 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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
	Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 by Pia Gaardboe (Editor), Jan Foster, Louis Klee 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017	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
	Page Seventeen (Page Seventeen, #11) by Beau Hillier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathy George (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Paul South (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	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
	Knitting & Other Stories by Richard Rossiter (Editor), Kathy George (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Tincture Journal Autumn 2016 (Tincture Journal, #13) by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 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
	Shibboleth & other stories by Kathy George (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Laurie Steed (Goodreads Author) (Editor ) 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Adrift it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	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
	Estella 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Kathy rated a book it was ok My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)	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
Bitterly disappointed. My first Frederik Bachman and this just did not work for me - on several levels. And the guy has sold millions of books and I love his talk about writing.
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Voting for February 2022 - published in February (any year)

The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart

6 votes, 23.1%

The Promise by Teresa Driscoll

4 votes, 15.4%

Sargasso by Kathy George

4 votes, 15.4%

The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger

3 votes, 11.5%

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

3 votes, 11.5%

A Killer's Daughter by Jenna Kernan

2 votes, 7.7%

Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker

2 votes, 7.7%

Key West Connection by Randy Striker

2 votes, 7.7%

26 total votes

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Kathy’s Quotes

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
― Vincent Van Gogh

tags: courage, inaction, just-do-it, timidity

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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: attributed-no-source, courage

17067 likes

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: humor, men, witchcraft, witches, women

3399 likes

“I’m trying now to exaggerate the essence of things, and to deliberately leave vague what’s obvious.”
― Vincent Van Gogh, Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh - III vols

398 likes

“Be sure to separate the kneecap
from the tendon and ligament
and grind it to dust
in a mortar and pestle.
Do not let them beg.
Do not let them kneel at the door.”
― Shastra Deo, The Agonist

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