ABOUT THE BOOK:
(from book cover) “ Late in the summer of 1877, as the Russian cavalry descends on the defenseless Ottoman outpost of Constanta, a flock of purple and white hoopoes suddenly appears over the town, and Eleanora Cohen is ushered into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwives who arrive just minutes before her birth. “They had read the signs, they said; a sea of horses, a conference of birds, the North star in alignment with the moon. It was a prophecy that their last king had given on his deathwatch.“ But joy is mixed with tragedy, for Eleonora’s mother dies soon after the birth.
When her father, Yakob, sets off by boat for Stamboul on business, eight-year old Eleonora, unable to bear the separation, stows away in one of his trunks. On the shores of the Bosporus, in the house of her father’s business partner Moncef Bey, a new life awaits.”
This is a first novel by Dana Precious and I’m hoping it won’t be the last! Dana grew up in Michigan, attending Michigan State University. After This is Michael David Lukas’ debut novel. He has been a Fulbright scholar in Turkey, a late-shift proofreader in Tel Aviv, and a Rotary scholar in Tunisia. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Maryland. But writing in his calling, “It is an honor and pleasure.” When asked if he had found his direction, he responded with candid honesty and humor, saying, “I wake up every morning feeling blessed that I get to spend my day writing…. Plus, my commute is less than five feet.”
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Read that M. Lukas is a graduate of Brown University AND the University of Maryland.
He teaches creative writing to third and fourth graders
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I love it when a book has a fantastic “feel” in addition to being a fantastic read. I’m so glad you enjoyed this one!
Mr. Lukas teaches creative writing to third and fourth graders when he is not writing.
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I read that when this author isn’t writing, he teaches creative writing to 3rd and 4th graders. :-)
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I read that when he is not writing, he teaches creative writing to 3rd and 4th graders. Book looks very interesting, thanks.
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