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The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton Review - “… In this thoroughly researched, humanizing biography, Wooldridge writes with lively specifics about both the author and her time…Wooldridge’s skillful integration of Wharton’s literary and personal lives includes matter-of-fact, detailed accounts of her intense relationships with numerous “bachelor friends,” pictured among the many archival photos. …[A] well-rounded, handsomely illustrated portrait, which will find an enduring place on classroom and library shelves”
— Booklist (STARRED Review) - October 1, 2010
Tag Archives: The Elijah Door; A Passover Tale
The Elijah Door – Reviewed by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge
The Elijah Door; A Passover Tale Written by Linda Leopold Strauss; illustrated by Alexi Natchev; Holiday House, 2012. 32 pages; $16.95 (hardcover); reading level: ages 6-10. Long ago, in a small village that was “sometimes Poland and sometimes Russia,” the Lippas and the Galinskys lived in “side-by-side houses.” They were fast friends whose children, Rachel Galinsky and David Lippa, would
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