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Catherine Butterfield
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New York, NY, The United States
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November 2017
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The Serpent and the Rose: A novel
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Joined at the Head.
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The Sleeper
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2005
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2 editions
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Manhattan Triptych: A Portrait of Three Women
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Life in the Trees: A Comedy
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Great Short Plays: Volume 9
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2011
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Brownstone
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Backflip
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Where the Truth Lies: A Play
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1997
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Snowing at Delphi
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1994
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2 editions
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My first entry
Well, here I am exploring this new world of being a Goodreads blogger, because I'll be honest, I'd like to draw attention to my new novel, The Serpent and the Rose. This book was written after I spent an almost mystical month in Nérac, France, and was told that the ruins of the chateau in the center of town were once occupied by Marguerite de Valois and her husband, Henry of Navarre, who went on t
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"Catherine Butterfield’s Manhattan Triptych poignantly tells a story of friendship, relationships, dreams, life’s most trying times and death. It follows three women–Diane, Orla and Nikki—who look out for each other even as their lives go in different"
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"Nikki, Diane and Orla have been friends since they played sisters in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. As time passed, the friends moved away but always stayed connected. Nikki marries a real estate tycoon after a successful run of a show and th"
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Manhattan Triptych: A Portrait of Three Women:
"I’m a longtime fan of Butterfield, having first encountered her is a playwright and an actor. I’m also a prime audience for her subject — how a friendship between three women changes as a result of the combination of their specific natures and the hi"
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"Catherine Butterfield so successfully evokes a particular period and place that as I read her marvelous new novel memories of my own came rushing back to me. But those were swiftly supplanted by my growing fascination with the nuanced examination of "
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| I can only imagine the arm-twisting that must have occurred to get this book to win the Booker. A dull-witted man with anger issues sleeps his way into wealth and out of it again. He has no particular redeeming qualities; I guess he must be good-look ...more | |
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| I found this to be a riveting read, mainly because I was never sure where McEwan was going with it, and the journey I thought I was taking soon would turn out to be a different and more interesting one. The inciting incident reminded me of one I reme ...more | |
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| When an author tells a story employing many voices and points of view, one runs the risk of confusing the reader. In "English Passengers," there are many storytellers, but such is the skill of Matthew Kneale that he maintains clarity and caused me to ...more | |
