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Perdita Buchan

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

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Perdita Buchan was born in England and came to America as a child. She grew up in Philadelphia and has since lived in London, Florence, Italy, New York and, for many years, New England (Vermont and Massachusetts). She now lives on the Jersey shore. Her essays and short stories have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, House Beautiful, Family Circle and New Jersey Monthly. Her work has appeared in anthologies, including the O. Henry Prize Stories, and her nonfiction book, Utopia, New Jersey, was named an Honor book by The New Jersey Council On The Humanities.

Interests: myth, fairy tale, carousels, horses, utopian communities, classical music, especially piano, England, the Pre Raphaelite/Arts a ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 55 ratings · 15 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Carousel Carver 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Utopia, New Jersey: Travels in the Nearest Eden 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Florilla: A Pinelands Romance 3.80 avg rating — 10 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
	Girl with a Zebra 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1966	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
	Called away really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980 — 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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	Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards by William Abrahams (Editor, Foreword), Robert Hemenway, Patricia Browning Griffith 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 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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Sea Monkeys

Do you remember those ads in the back of comic books for sea monkeys - just add water and they will come alive, complete with crowns and tridents in the accompanying illustration. When summer comes to the Jersey shore, so do the sea monkeys - hordes of people who seem to have been reconstituted by the adding of summer. No crowns or tridents though - just huge rubber wheeled carts packed with all t Read more of this blog post »

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“a band of painted horses, all from that bright land that lingers for so long before it fades”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

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