George Bishop (5)
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- GEORGE BISHOP, JR., graduated with honors in English Literature and Communications from Loyola University in New Orleans before moving to Los Angeles to become an actor. After eight years of commercials, stage plays, guest starring roles in TV sitcoms, and the lead in a dismal B-movie called Teen Vamp, he traveled overseas as a volunteer English teacher to Czechoslovakia.
He enjoyed the ex-pat life so much that he stayed on, living and teaching in Turkey and Indonesia before returning to the states to earn his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he won the Award of Excellence for a collection of stories.
After several years of teaching at UNC Wilmington, he moved back overseas, first on a fellowship with the Open Society Institute in Azerbaijan, then with the US State Department’s Office of English Language Programs in India. He last taught with a University of Montana program at Toyo University in Tokyo. George makes his home now in New Orleans.
His stories and essays have appeared in The Oxford American, Third Coast, Press, American Writing, and The Turkish Daily News, among others.
His first novel, Letter to My Daughter, was published by Ballantine Books in 2010. The Night of the Comet appeared in fall 2013, also with Ballantine. It has received widespread praise since its release, with glowing reviews in People, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, and Publishers Weekly. It was a featured selection in Reuters “Book Talk” column, and was chosen as the September book of the month for National Public Radio’s “The Radio Reader.”
The Night of the Comet was named one of the “Best Books of 2013” by Kirkus Reviews.
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Letter to My Daughter: A Novel door George Bishop
The letter written by the mother of a 15 yr. old is her attempt to explain her parenting style as a result of growing up in the 1960's. It brings up first love, beliefs different from your parents and doing your own thing to establish your identity. Surprisingly the author is male yet captures many of the issues of being female.
I was a little iffy about picking up this book. I wasn't too sure that a male author could really write a book based from a female's point of view and make me want to read it.
I was completely surprised to find that Mr. Bishop did exactly that. From the moment I picked this book up I couldn't put it down. As a mother, with a soon to be teen, I felt an instant connection with Laura. I too always said that I would be a better mother to my children than my mother was to me, and have caught myself saying and doing some of the exact things that my mother did when I was a child.
The book is about Laura and her daughter Liz, there is a fight at the beginning of the book, and Liz takes off. Laura is worried about her, and sits down to write a letter to her daughter. The letter is the whole book, with a few present day things thrown in. I laughed and cried while Laura was writing the letter that started in her freshman year of high school and went on to her senior year. From first loves, to catholic school; tattoos and heartache, I was entranced and even ordered dinner for the kids because I couldn't pull myself away.
I am so happy that I didn't let the fact that Mr. Bishop was a man stop me from reading!… (meer)
I was completely surprised to find that Mr. Bishop did exactly that. From the moment I picked this book up I couldn't put it down. As a mother, with a soon to be teen, I felt an instant connection with Laura. I too always said that I would be a better mother to my children than my mother was to me, and have caught myself saying and doing some of the exact things that my mother did when I was a child.
The book is about Laura and her daughter Liz, there is a fight at the beginning of the book, and Liz takes off. Laura is worried about her, and sits down to write a letter to her daughter. The letter is the whole book, with a few present day things thrown in. I laughed and cried while Laura was writing the letter that started in her freshman year of high school and went on to her senior year. From first loves, to catholic school; tattoos and heartache, I was entranced and even ordered dinner for the kids because I couldn't pull myself away.
I am so happy that I didn't let the fact that Mr. Bishop was a man stop me from reading!… (meer)
This was an interesting story told in the form of a letter. The narrator's daughter runs away after an argument with her mother, and what results is a lovely retelling of the mother's past and how it shaped her into the person she is today.
A simply complicated love story set in Louisana during the 70's but the lessons certainly apply to today's world.
I also found this surprisingly heartfelt and detailed, which is not something I had expected, given that this was written by a man, but from a mother's perspective.… (meer)
A simply complicated love story set in Louisana during the 70's but the lessons certainly apply to today's world.
I also found this surprisingly heartfelt and detailed, which is not something I had expected, given that this was written by a man, but from a mother's perspective.… (meer)
A very quick read. After finishing I spent some time wondering.....
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