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Alexandra Grabbe

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I love to escape into a good book. My preference goes to literary fiction.

I used to be an innkeeper and wrote an e-guide for Cape Cod visitors but never created a paper version. I prefer the feeling of holding a real book to e-publishing. When I borrow a library book and fall in love with it, I immediately buy a copy. I especially enjoy historical novels.

Among my favorite authors: John Updike and Lauren Groff. Again, what I care about is the quality of the writing and the attention paid to historical detail.. Recent books I have especially enjoyed, The History of Music by Ben Shattuck and The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Shattuck possesses the ability to make a reader feel like he/she is back in time at the historical period when each ...more

	Émigré: 95 Years in the Life of a Russian Count by Paul Grabbe, Alexandra Grabbe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Nansen Factor: Refugee Stories 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Wellfleet, An Insider's Guide to Cape Cod’s Trendiest Town 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism by Michelle Duster (Editor), Trina Sotira (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dee Allen. (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Joining Forces by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author), L. Chan (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
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	Seeing Joy, A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book liked it Theo of Golden by Allen Levi (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
I know this book is a bestseller. I understand why, but, as an author myself, I found reasons not to recommend Theo to my writer friends. I get why we need a book about kindness and generosity in these troubled times, but I had some issues. First off ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing Irena's Gift: An Epic WWII Memoir of Sisters, Secrets, and Survival by Karen Kirsten (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
I was so impressed by the incredible job Karen Kirsten did, the balancing of the past and the present. Bravo! Remarkable research too. I especially admired her handling of the pages on Radom prison, which was a horrible place. Irena's Gift is a must ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book liked it The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (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
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn is not the type of book I usually read—fantasy—but it soared up the NYT bestseller charts last month. I was immediately charmed by the whole idea of escaping into a book. Who doesn’t feel that need today with the worl ...more
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The Astral Library by Kate Quinn is not the type of book I usually read—fantasy—but it soared up the NYT bestseller charts last month. I was immediately charmed by the whole idea of escaping into a book. Who doesn’t feel that need today with the worl ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing Twice Born: Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography by Hester Kaplan (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
In October, I attended the Harvard Bookstore launch of Hester Kaplan’s memoir Twice Born: Finding my Father in the Margins of Biography. For anyone who is not familiar with the author, she is the daughter of Justin Kaplan who wrote Mr. Clemens and Ma ...more
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