Author of The Reversible Mask and Beyond the Bukubuk Tree
This image of Sister Elizabeth Kenny, who developed a controversial treatment for polio, is from her service in World war I. My novel opens with Dr. Jake Friedman’s dream, set in Australia’s state of Victoria. He’s the on-call doctor at a district hospital. He dreams that he and three nurses get an urgent care call …
Thank you Charlotte Walker and Linda Amos.https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/27044/Beyond-the-Bukubuk-Tree-A-World-War-II-Novel-of-Love-and-Losss-by-Loretta-Goldberg.html LoveReading Says Available from Amazon. An emotional and compelling exploration of the Australian Lark Forces stationed in Rabaul during World War II. Jake Friedman is an idealistic young Jewish doctor from Melbourne, haunted by the death of a colleague injured on their way to a callout to try …
Nev, welcome to my blog. It’s a privilege for me to introduce you to my readers. I’ve always admired your work. Congratulations on the success of The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret. Your biography states that after a long corporate career you returned to your passion for writing. From the outside, my impression is that you went …
I took this photograph in Port Moresby on my last day there. My wonderful guide Jacob Eluap and his associates took my to the National Park. The dwarf cassowary is native and unique to New Britain Island and I had given one of my Tolai characters a dwarf cassowary as a pet. It’s an awesome, …
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Dear friends and readers, Literary Titan sent me astute questions after their review. I was thrilled to answer them as best I could. Please share as you wish and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you all so much for your interest and support. A Conflict Between Love and Tradition
Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss
Dear friends, I am humbled by the resposne to Beyon the Bukubuk Tree I have received so far from online magazine reviewers. Please check this one out: Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss by Loretta Goldberg – The Prairies Book Review
The audience swelled as drum players on video from Rabual, Papua New Guinea, welcomed them in. Their traditional message was “Gather around. There’s trouble ahead.” I was solo with a slide show, four excerpts from my novel read by Daphne Stitt and an interview I had recorded in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, with Albert Konie. …
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Join Us Saturday, July 13 at 1:00 pm Eastern for a Zoom panel on: Researching Your Novel The Program: Three acclaimed authors from the Historical Novel Society will share the tricks, tools, pitfalls, and delights of doing scholarly/library, internet, and site visit research. This event is a collaboration between the NYC chapters of the …
Newsletter of 336 West End Avenue 2024 summer issue Editor: Gretchen Adkins Loretta Goldberg is new to writing. After graduating from University of Melbourne in Australia, she won a Fulbright scholarship to study music in the U.S. She was a professional pianist for years and then sold insurance for another lifetime. And all the while …
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