People of the Book: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks | The People of the Book

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	People of the Book: A Novel Geraldine Brooks Viking Adult, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 130 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great read...

This book takes you on a journey as you discover the history of an ancient Jewish prayer book. The author skillfully weaves the tales of everyone who has touched the book and impacted it's history while relating the story of religious conflict, persecution and times of cooperation between Muslims, Jews and Christians throughout the Centuries. This is all done while telling the story of the young woman who is sent to restore the book.
Well written; a book that I truly enjoyed!

The People of the Book

What secrets lie in the pages of a sixty million dollar 500 year old book? Geraldine Brooks tells the story of the real Sarajevo Haddagah in her latest novel, People of the Book. Through CSI-style technical research during the book restoration process, clues to the books orgins, owner's and secrets spill out over centuries. No topic is off limits, as Brooks humanizes some of histories great intolerant atrocities. One comes to expect an informative read from this particular author, but I was absolutely blown away by this book. This book was a thoroughly enjoyable read. The deft structuring of the novel consumed me from page one--and had me sneaking in short readings wherever and whenever I could. I'm highly recommending it as one of the best I've read this year (so far).

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Book for All People

Geraldine Brooks did it again! This book should capture the reader from the very first line. My book group reviewed People of the Book recently and gave it high ratings; everyone took something different away from the story. Not only will the reader discover what a book conservationist is, but the importance of maintaining & preserving books throughout history. The main character is like a detective who can take a grain of salt found in the binding of an ancient prayer book, research it, then discover the exact location where it came from. From that tiny grain of salt, she weaves a whole story that connects to the next discovered particle - until she pieces together the entire background of the prayer book. The final piece of the puzzle links together why and how the book came to be found in a Sarajevo library. The book highlights the common thread among all religions that many lose sight of in today's world.

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People of the Book

I loved this book. Mystery, history, romance, suspense....it has it all. I also now have a much greater appreciation for the value placed on historical books and their painstaking restoration process. Very informative in an entertaining way.

Interesting way to develop a look at Jewish history

Wrapped in story about the history of a Jewish book of great historical interest, the People of the Book reveals a colorful history of the Jewish people in all of their struggles throught Europe and the Middle East for the centuries of the books life.

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