“All the women who actually drove were mature professionals who had international drivers’ licenses they’d acquired overseas. Many” — Geraldine Brooks Drove Copy Share Image
I'm very, very leery of nonfiction books where they change timeframes and use - what do they call those things? - composite… — Geraldine Brooks Books Copy Share Image
I swim in a sea of words. They flow around me and through me and, by a process that is not fully… — Geraldine Brooks Clear Copy Share Image
Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are… — Geraldine Brooks Best Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret of foreign correspondents is that 90 per cent of it is showing up. If you can find a… — Geraldine Brooks Cause Copy Share Image
“Why would I marry? I'm not made to be any man's chattel. I have my work, which I love. I have my… — Geraldine Brooks Freedom Copy Share Image
I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling… — Geraldine Brooks Dad Copy Share Image
“The practice of mutilating women’s genitals in Eritrea predated the arrival of both religions, and for hundreds of years neither faith had… — Geraldine Brooks Religion Copy Share Image
Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence. — Geraldine Brooks Energy Copy Share Image
“How was it that he could remember not remembering, and yet the fugitive facts themselves remained so elusive? How could he misplace… — Geraldine Brooks Remembering Copy Share Image
“month—the money gives the women at least a small degree of discretion in spending and the prestige that comes from contributing to… — Geraldine Brooks Family Copy Share Image
“Mental cruelty, nondisfiguring physical abuse or just plain unhappiness are rarely considered grounds on which a woman can seek divorce.” — Geraldine Brooks Divorce Copy Share Image
“One program that deplored the high incidence of wife beating drew hundreds of letters from angry men, who insisted that beating their… — Geraldine Brooks Marriage Copy Share Image
“The Bedouin was troubled by a familiar bundle of Middle Eastern bogeys: America in general and the CIA in particular; Jews, or… — Geraldine Brooks Bedouin Copy Share Image
“It did not even occur to David to consult Ruti herself about this, or any other matter. Had he done so, he… — Geraldine Brooks Children Copy Share Image
“Rehab had been cursed indeed. There was no way Mohamed could have raised the money to buy his secret stash of gold… — Geraldine Brooks Cursed Copy Share Image
