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Germaine Shames

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Pablo Neruda, Gabiel Garcia Marquez, the Beats, fo ...more

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June 2011

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Germaine Shames, a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, AZ Literary Fellow, and Puffin Foundation Grantee, has written from six continents--soon to add the seventh--on topics ranging from the Middle East crisis to Aboriginal land rights, from the struggle to save the Amazon to the plight of street children.

Shames is author of the critically-acclaimed novel Between Two Deserts (Macadam/Cage Publishing), two earlier nonfiction books, eight musical stage plays, six operas, and three feature screenplays.

Her recently released novel, YOU, FASCINATING YOU, the hidden epic behind a timeless love song, has been named "Editor's Choice" by the Historical Novel Society.

Writing under the pen name Casper Silk (Hotel Noir, Echo Year) she has been called ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 49 ratings · 13 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Rebels & Devils: The Psychology of Liberation by Christopher S. Hyatt, Lon Milo DuQuette (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), S. Jason Black (Introduction) 3.99 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1995 — 12 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
	You, Fascinating You 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Between Two Deserts 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Wars of the Flesh it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 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
	World Class Service 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 2 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
	Transcultural Odysseys: The Evolving Global Consciousness 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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Award-Winning Historical Novel Now on Audible.com

For the past four months, I have been working quietly behind-the-scenes with Punch Audio and the brilliant actor, Susan Hanfield, on the audiobook version of my award-winning novel, You, Fascinating You.

Next year will mark fully a decade devoted to this epic, real-life story. A headstrong Jewish
ballerina, Margit Wolf, seeking her fortune in 1920s Italy, inspires a timeless love song, only to fade Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 15, 2018 08:30 • Tags: ballerina, ballet, historical-novel, romance

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Germaine Shames rated a book it was amazing We Are Black Jews: Ethiopian Jewry and the Journey to Equality in Israel by Roni Fantanesh Malkai	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
A thoroughly engaging book on an overlooked topic. Recommend.
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“People who love do the impossible all the time.”
― Germaine Shames, You, Fascinating You

tags: heroine, love, love-story

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“We may love imperfectly, we may love blindly, but love we must."

WARS OF THE FLESH”
― Germaine Shames

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“Bureaucrats do not take kindly to intercessions. Their one satisfaction in life is to keep us waiting in line, begging for that last signature.”
― Germaine Shames, You, Fascinating You

tags: bureaucracy, powerlessness

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Germaine’s Quotes

“Can I help it if the world cannot worship what it has not first martyred?”
― Casper Silk, Hotel Noir

tags: literary-suspense

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“Every person writes his own book with the example of his life.”
― Casper Silk, Hotel Noir

tags: philosophical

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“We may love imperfectly, we may love blindly, but love we must."

WARS OF THE FLESH”
― Germaine Shames

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“People who love do the impossible all the time.”
― Margit Wolf

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“You know the way a racket’s got a sweet spot? It’s the same with life. That moment when everything connects. Feel it? I’m in the sweet spot, and you’re there with me, and suddenly all the airports and bad calls and sleepless nights make sense: It was only ever about love.”
― Germaine Shames, from her stage play SWEET SPOT

tags: achievement, inspirational, love, tennis

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