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Jonnie Martin
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Wrangle
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2014
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2 editions
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Will Rogers Medallion
Like any good Texan, I responded with a big YAHOO when I learned this week that my novel WRANGLE has been named as a finalist for the 2015 Will Rogers Medallion Award for a Western Romance. The winners of these prestigious awards in western fiction and nonfiction will be announced in Ft. Worth in October. When I submitted WRANGLE to the contest I took a little time to research Will Rogers, who is
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| I first discovered Colum McCann with this award-winning book, and have read many of his novels since. None compare with this one for me, but he will publish many more in his lifetime. He has another due out in 2025. Unlike many of his fellow Irish wr ...more | |
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| I rarely read debut novels, but I am so glad I read this one. It is a classic! Sara Baume is a young Irish writer that Ireland has already recognized as an up and comer and the rest of the world is watching her now. In Spill Simmer Falter Wither, she ...more | |
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| Sebastian Barry is a much-awarded Irish novelist and one of my favorite authors. He writes the Irish story in a lyrical style that reminds me of the Irish brogue. In this beautiful elegic story, the protagonist is Lilly Bere, who has been told of the ...more | |
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| Winner of the Pulitzer and many other awards, this is one of my favorite authors and novels. In Gilead, Robinson writes with such wisdom about the struggle of the human spirit to understand the world, God, emotions, people. It deals with deep and com ...more | |
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| Anne Michaels is a poet, but has found that form restrictive and begun to write novels. Held is short-listed for the Booker and may be her break-through novel. Indeed her writing is beautiful--with that lyrical quality that we often see in poets who ...more | |
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I am a city girl, but as a native Texan, I have great respect for our western heritage. WRANGLE was inspired by my uncle's ranch in the 1970s, when quarter horse racing was on dirt tracks and winning meant more than the purse of gold. Into this world ...more |
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