After graduation, Coerr worked as a newspaper reporter and editor of a children's column. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from American University, and a master's degree in library science from the University of Maryland. She attended the University of Saskatchewan, later transferring to the Kadel Airbrush School. She was exposed to Japanese scenery and told her friend that she wished to visit Japan one day, a request which Coerr fulfilled during the writing of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Through her best friend in high school, who was born to Japanese immigrants, Coerr developed an interest in calligraphy, Japanese food, and origami. As a child, she liked to think up and read new stories. She was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in Saskatoon. Eleanor Coerr ( née Page – November 22, 2010) was a Canadian-born American writer of children's books, including Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (historical fiction) and many picture books.
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A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. The girls deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynastys royal family-all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. Book Synopsis In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her familys past and remake history. About the Book Frequently reused with the same ISBN but with slightly differing bibliographical details. If you like charming characters, fast-paced comedy, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the wild world of weddings, then you'll love the latest installment in Laura Durham's Agatha award-winning wedding planner mystery series. Death on the Aisle is the fifth book in the Annabelle Archer cozy mystery series. 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This new English translation reveals it as one of Thailand’s most entertaining and enduring modern novels, and one of the few portrayals of the immigrant Chinese experience in urban Thailand. When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. I just can’t help worrying, when we leave paradise and return to the real world, will trouble find us again? Despite my meddling siblings and a week in each other’s constant company, this trip somehow gets us working through the trouble in paradise. Now Aiden is quiet and withdrawn, and as the months wear on, the pain of our growing distance becomes too much.Īs if weathering marriage counseling wasn’t enough, we’re thrown together for an island getaway to celebrate my parents’ many years of perfect marriage while ours is on the brink of collapse. Until one day I realize the man I married is nowhere to be found. 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