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JOANNA HERSHON

The paperback edition of THE GERMAN BRIDE has recently been released.
 
 
One of the Best Books of  2008
--THE WASHINGTON POST
 
One of the 25 cultural highlights of 2008 
--VOGUE
 
One of the Best Books of 2008
--NPR
 
 To the many expressions of this threshold experience in American immigration literature, by authors from Anzia Yezerskia to Jhumpa Lahiri, Hershon adds an eloquent voice.
--THE WASHINGTON POST 
 
Joanna Hershon had the inspired idea to set her novel among the German-born merchants and traders who in the middle of the 19th century left Europe for the raw possibilities of the American West.
--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 
 
...an imaginative take on the 19th-century American frontier story.
--THE BOSTON GLOBE
 
An elegantly written historical novel...
--VANITY FAIR
 
 Ms. Hershon succeeds in spinning a devastatingly realistic tale of a young life defined by loss — and, ultimately, by resilience.
--THE NEW YORK SUN
 
At once lyrical and heartbreaking...A beautifully written tale of small sufferings and redemptions.
--Kirkus (Starred Review)
 
 "Joanna Hershon's new book, The German Bride, is a surprising novel of grace and refinement. It is a tale of the American West, but unlike any I have ever read before. She enters Willa Cather territory and does it with a rare elegance and complete originality. I was not familiar with Joanna Hershon's work when I read this novel and it made me order her first two books."
––Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides
 
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 And look for Joanna Hershon's essay in Brooklyn Was Mine, a richly diverse literary anthology published by Riverhead Books in January 08