west and now east
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3 Aug 2009i think Lewis and Clark did it the other way around, yes but I finally arrive in the East. First Washington and a great NPR interview with Lianne Hanson, then Miami – Book and Books and one hell of smart audience firing on al cylinders – thank you Miami Now New York City To all those of you have met en route during the nine city tour greetings. I have had some great conversations about history, women, religion, story teling, and just what a dark delicious but sometimes terrifying place the past can be – especially 500 years ago.
To those I didn’t get to meet this blog is there for your thoughts and comments. I am trying to get the set up of the site changed so we can all see each other comments together more easily and maybe start discussions. I would happily join in. So throw some ideas and questions out.
To all of you have have bought “Sacred hearts” a great thank you and i hope it does not disappoint, I have come to realise that the best publicity in the whole world is word of mouth and so if it enthralled you then please just pass the word. Eventually we will have a huge forum here talking about women, the past, spirituality, sexuality, music, art, relglion . You name it. I look forward to it.
Sarah
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4 Responses to west and now east
Veronica
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Salve Sarah vorrei sapere quando il suo ultimo libro uscirà in Italia.
Grazie
Veronica
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Salve Sarah vorrei sapere quando uscirà in Italia il suo ultimo libro.
Grazie
Joseph Lee
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Ms. Dunant, I have been a fan of yours since reading THE BIRTH OF VENUS and IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN.
Thank you for the amazing SACRED HEARTS. I am always so fascinated and impressed with the amount of research you do for your books and the wonderful detail you use to transport the reader to another time and place. Maybe some time in the future I will have the opportunity to meet you at a book signing or hear you speak.
Again, Thanks…can’t wait for the next one.
Ticky Hedley-Dent
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Dear Sarah,
I read your wonderful piece about Miss Goodwin on the BBC website. I had not realised she had passed away. She was a truly inspirational teacher. I went on to Oxford after Godolphin and can truly say that Miss Goodwin was as good a teacher as any of my tutors there. She made me look at the world differently. Your piece transported me back to my history of art classes. I can see Miss Goodwin now talking to us about the impact of Roman and Greek art even though it was not on the syllabus. We didn’t start the syllabus until the summer term of the first year as she wanted to give us a grounding in classical art. Can you imagine that happening now? I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article and think that Miss Goodwin would have too.
Best wishes
Ticky