Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of … - Geraldine Brooks

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Geraldine Brooks

Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are about how people act in a time of catastrophe. Do they go to their best self or their worst self?

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