Journal Entry 1 by lynlee4 from North Port, Florida USA on Sunday, September 14, 2008

From Amazon:
One of the earliest Jewish religious volumes to be illuminated with images, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, has turned the intriguing but sparely detailed history of this precious volume into an emotionally rich, thrilling fictionalization that retraces its turbulent journey. In the hands of Hanna Heath, an impassioned rare-book expert restoring the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, it yields clues to its guardians and whereabouts: an insect wing, a wine stain, salt crystals, and a white hair. While readers experience crucial moments in the book's history through a series of fascinating, fleshed-out short stories, Hanna pursues its secrets scientifically, and finds that some interests will still risk everything in the name of protecting this treasure. A complex love story, thrilling mystery, vivid history lesson, and celebration of the enduring power of ideas, People of the Book will surely be hailed as one of the best of 2008. --Mari Malcolm

I can't wait to read this one. 

Journal Entry 2 by lynlee4 from North Port, Florida USA on Sunday, September 21, 2008

I really liked this story. I found it challenging that Brooks seemed to assume that I would know more about the history and terms she used. 

Journal Entry 3 by lynlee4 at North Port, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, November 22, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (11/22/2008 UTC) at North Port, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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sent via media mail as trade with pinklady60 ~ thank you and enjoy!! 

Journal Entry 4 by pinklady60 from San Diego, California USA on Friday, November 28, 2008

Received today from lynlee4. Thanks for the trade!

Hard cover with dust jacket 

Journal Entry 5 by pinklady60 from San Diego, California USA on Thursday, May 14, 2009

Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the opportunity to restore the famed Haggadah, a very old, beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript, rescued from the Bosnian war’s shelling of Sarajevo’s libraries. Inside the book’s bindings, Hanna discovers tiny artifacts, which help her trace the book’s past life and the people who risked their lives to protect it.

A fictionalized account of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah. The sequence of events alternates from the present backwards in time, and reminds me of Tracy Chevalier's books on pieces of fine art.

Winner of the Australian Literary Fiction Award and the Australian Book Industry Award 

Journal Entry 6 by pinklady60 at San Diego, California USA on Monday, September 28, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (9/28/2009 UTC) at San Diego, California USA

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I saw this book on dg7500's wishlist and I'm sending it to her in Pennsylvania via media mail as part of the 2009 Holiday Giving Giving.

Hope you enjoy it! 

Journal Entry 7 by dg7500 from Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, October 05, 2009

What a *wonderful* surprise...thank you *so* very much, pinklady60!!!!

You know, I had heard great things about this book, and added it to my wishlist a little while back, and then just recently our 2009 OBOC(OneBookOneCommunity) selection was announced for this area, and THIS was the very book....so now, not only do I have a fabulous book from my wishlist to read, but since a large portion of our community is currently reading & discussing the book, I'll be able to take part in the discussions that are going on. Thank you so much for thinking of me in such a special way...you couldn't have chosen a better wishlist book to send!!

Update 10/17/09:

This book did not disappoint. I enjoyed the characters, and following the plot was like going on a scavenger/treasure hunt...something new & intriguing around every corner. I especially enjoyed the way the story alternated between past & present, and tied the 'mysteries' together through the weaving of time & place.

Reserving this for a dear BC friend, and will be passing it along shortly. 

Journal Entry 8 by dg7500 at RABCK, RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Monday, November 02, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (11/2/2009 UTC) at RABCK, RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Passing this along to JulesPaige, who mentioned that she'd like to read it.

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To the finder of this book:

What you have in your hands is an honest-to-goodness gift, no strings attached. You may keep it forever and ever, pass it on to a friend, or release it back "into the wild" for someone else to find. I know it may seem a little odd to find this lying around--it's my way of touching the lives of others in a positive way, with the hope that it made your day. :)

If you are new to BookCrossing, and find this book and this site, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book ... or me, dg7500 ... as the member who referred you. Or you may remain anonymous!

If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing! :)

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens ..."

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind)
 

Journal Entry 9 by JulesPaige from East Petersburg, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, November 09, 2009

I had visited the book store on several occasions, also saw this book in the grocery store... and just walked on by... hoping that it would find its' way to me. And it did!! I may just add this to my permanent collecton as this type of history is close to my heart.

Thank you for remembering that I had mentioned this book in passing! 

Journal Entry 10 by JulesPaige from East Petersburg, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, November 23, 2009

A great gift and a great book full of history and traditions as well as the unexpected mystery!
Adding this to my permanent collection but will lend out to local family and friends.