SOAT and some treasures from my shop, Two Buttons!
Photos of Elizabeth Gilbert
My treasures from last week's birthday trip to Two Buttons…and a very curious Tessie, who is convinced that Ganesha is hiding some catnip!
SOAT in Porto Alegre, Brazil — the birthplace of my wonderful husband!
Photos of Elizabeth Gilbert
It's your new book in Brazil. I bought it this week at the Book Faire of Porto Alegre.
THANK YOU, AMAZON.COM…
…for naming "The Signature of All Things" as one of the ten best novels of the year!
So grateful to be in such wonderful company, and curious how many of the other title's you all have read?
"The Goldfinch" is on my list to read next. I'm reading "The Circle" now, and really loved "The Tenth of December". You all may remember that I recommended Ruth Ozeki's "A Tale for the Time Being" on this page when it first came out…
How about all of you? What have you read on this list? And what's missing?
Go Alma!
Amazon.com: Literature & Fiction – Best Books of 2013: Books
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Amazon.com: Literature & Fiction – Best Books of 2013: Books
The essence of Alma…
IN HONOR OF ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE…
For those of you who have read "The Signature of All Things", let us collectively bow today to the memory of the great Alfred Russel Wallace, who died 100 years ago today.
I fell so deeply in love with him during the reaserch of my novel that I had to twist and turn around the plot, such that he could show up in my story. I needed for Alma and Alfred to know each other, to spend time together. I cried while I was writing their final scene.
He was a scientist of magnificent heart and mind, of crazy imagination, of compassionate soul.
And I would love it if you could all watch this short but BEAUTIFUL animated, paper-puppet little movie about his life.
It made me cry again.
Thank you, A. R. Wallace!
Love,
Liz and Alma
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000002534565/the-animated-life-of-a-r-wallace.html
Video: The Animated Life of A. R. Wallace
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This paper-puppet animation celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited with Charles Darwin for the theory of natural selection.
