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Michael Hetzer

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Michael Hetzer is a former foreign correspondent and founding editor of "The Moscow Times," "The Moscow Guardian," and served as English-language editor of "Commersant." His novel, "The Forbidden Zone," was featured in "The New York Times" and was named one of the top five debut thriller novels of the year by "The Boston Globe." A lifelong “Goghpie,” he hosts a Van Gogh fan site online. ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 191 ratings · 36 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Van Gogh's Lover: A Historical Mystery of Two Women Divided by Centuries but United by a Mysterious Painting. Based on the True Story of Van Gogh's Years in France (Includes Book Club Questions) 4.24 avg rating — 151 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 Forbidden Zone: A Novel 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1999 — 9 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 Forbidden Zone 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1999 — 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

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A look at Charles Town plantation life in the early eighteenth century through the eyes of a teenage girl who defied gender roles and the conventional wisdom of horticulturists by demonstrating that indigo could be produced there, a feat that would h ...more
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Michael Hetzer made a comment on Lewis Weinstein’s review of The Forbidden Zone: A Novel " Glad you liked it! Sorry it took so long, but I have new one! I hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think. "Van Gogh's Lover." ...more "
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“They made her believe she was sick, and so she went willingly to a string of asylums, which were nothing more than polite prisons, places with no one to love her, just a bunch of well-meaning doctors being paid by her father. Who wouldn’t have scars?”
― Michael Hetzer, Van Gogh's Lover: A Historical Mystery of Two Women Divided by Centuries but United by a Mysterious Painting. Based on the True Story of Van Gogh's Years in France

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