September 2024 - Loretta Goldberg

September 20, 2024

THIRD AWARD FOR BEYOND THE BUKUBUK TREE: A WORLD WAR II NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS.

I am thrilled to share that Beyond the Bukubuk Tree is the 2024 Storytrade Book Award Winner for the LGBTQ Category. Congratulations too to the superb winners and finalists in other categories. Thankyou Storytrade. I am very grateful. Storytrade’s award supplements the novel’s earlier awards from The International Firebird Book Award for War Fiction in …

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September 8, 2024

Midwest Book Review, September 2024, by Senior Reviewer Diane Donovan of Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss

Dear Readers, I couldn’t be happier with this dive into my novel. Thank you, reviewer/ editor/ author Diane Donovan. A recommendation to libraries is precious. “Beyond the Bukubuk Tree Loretta Goldberg Home MadeGlobal Publishing 9788412232585, $4.99 eBook World War II novels abound and quite often include love stories amidst battles – so what makes Beyond …

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September 5, 2024

A Highlight of my Papua New Guinea visit: Harvesting Brush Turkey Eggs, which is a Scene in my novel Beyond the Bukubuk Tree.

I had read, with fascination, that members of a Tolai tribe living on Matupit Island, which abuts Rabaul, had traditional privileges to dig up and sell at the market these rich eggs. The birds lay their eggs deep in warm volcanic soil at the foothills of Tavurvur, the active volcano I climbed. You can see …

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