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August 22, 2024

What does polio have to do with my World War II novel Beyond the Bukubuk Tree? Meet Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse.

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 …

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August 8, 2024

Two Review/Recommendations on LoveReading, an influential UK Indie Online platform.

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 …

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August 7, 2024

I talk to Nev March, award-winning author of a mystery series set in nineteenth-century India and the USA. Coming August 12: paperback edition of her third book The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret

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 …

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August 1, 2024

Meet a character in my new novel Beyond the Bukubuk Tree

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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July 24, 2024

Latest Author Interview on Beyond the Bukubuk Tree. This one by Literary Titan

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 …

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July 22, 2024

Gorgeous 5-Star Review from Literary Titan. Thank you so much.

Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more Total Theatre Lab, with Caroline Thomas Glowing pre-release review of The Reversible Mask! “Persistence …

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July 12, 2024

Thrilling review today of Beyond the Bukubuk Tree in The Prairies Book Review.

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 Related Posts Welcome to my new website …

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July 11, 2024

Exciting Book Launch at Chester Village, Connecticut, July 10.

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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July 2, 2024

My Next Fun Book Event in New York City. A Panel on Research for Historical Novels for the Romance Writers Association.

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 …

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July 2, 2024

Today’s Local Residential Newsletter, NYC

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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