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Annotated Bibliography: The Secret Chord

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Novels 2015: The Secret Chord 2011: Year of Wonders 2011: Caleb 's Crossing 2008: People of the Book 2005: March Nonfiction 2011: Boyer Lectures 2011: The Idea of Home (or "At Home in the World"). 1997: Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal 's Journey from Down Under to All Over. 1994: Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. 1.3 GERALDINE BROKS’ S AWARD AND HONORS RECOGNITION 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Lifetime Achievement Award 2009: Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award 2008: Australian Publishers Association 's Literary Fiction Book of the Year for People of the Book 2006: Pulitzer Prize for

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