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from Waukesha, WI

Age ~85

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1421 Pewaukee Rd, Waukesha, WI 53188 (262) 408-2321

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The 2023 War On The Rocks Summer Fiction Reading List

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The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy, Pat Barker: When reading The Iliad, did you ever wonder about the perspective of the women affected by the war? Did you ever wonder what Helen of Troy thought about the whole thing? If so, this pair of books is for you. Incredibly well written, these n

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Jun 26, 2023

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What WWI taught us about treating PTSD

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Treatments were harsh. As depicted in Pat Barkers novel Regeneration, shell-shock patients could receive courses of electroshock therapy and physical conditioning, with the aim of alleviating physical symptoms quickly.

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Nov 11, 2018

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Man Booker prize 2018 longlist includes graphic novel for the first time

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udges picked it as a contender for the 50,000 prize ahead of titles from former winners including Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, Peter Carey and Alan Hollinghurst, describing it as oblique, subtle [and] minimal and saying the changing shape of fiction meant it was only a matter of time before a gra

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Jul 23, 2018

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD

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For the RSC, he has directed The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He has also directed Richard II for Shakespeare's Globe and a national tour or Pat Barker's acclaimed novel, Regeneration. In 2016, Simon will direct Hamlet for the RSC, as well as the world premiere of Sunset at the Villa Thalia, a new play

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Apr 05, 2016

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Women dominate Granta's best young British novelists list

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Begun as a marketing tool, the Granta list is known as a fairly accurate indicator of its members future success. This was especially true of its original incarnation, which identified Ian McEwan, Pat Barker, Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes and Martin Amis as future stars.

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Apr 15, 2013

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New Folio Prize to reward English-language fiction

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drawn by lot from a 100-strong Folio Academy of "highly respected, award-winning writers and critics from across the globe." It's a high-profile group, dotted with Booker and Pulitzer winners, that includes novelists Margaret Atwood, Pat Barker, Peter Carey, Mohsin Hamid, Junot Diaz and Salman Rushdie.

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Mar 13, 2013

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Book buzz: The new trend in YA, Han Suyin dies

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Review of the day: USA TODAY's Jocelyn McClurg gives Toby's Room by Pat Barker 2 1/2 stars (out of four), writing that the World War I England-set novel of incest and war "is never not interesting," but "lacks the raw emotional wallop" of Barker's Regeneration Trilogy.

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Nov 06, 2012

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Hilary Mantel Wins a Second Booker Prize

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This years shortlist was memorable in part for the books that were left off, including novels by Martin Amis, Michael Frayn, John Lanchester and Pat Barker. However, while two of the authors on the list, Ms. Mantel and Will Self, are very well known, the other four are not.

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Oct 16, 2012

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