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Isabelle Holland (1920–2002)

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56 Werken 1,658 Leden 20 Besprekingen Favoriet van 1 leden

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Author Isabelle Holland was born in Basel, Switzerland on June 16, 1920. Since her father was an American consul, she grew up in Guatemala City and Liverpool, England until 1940 when her family returned to the United States because of World War II. In 1942, she received a bachelor's degree from toon meer Tulane University. She then worked in the publicity departments for numerous magazines and publishing companies including McCall's, Crown, Lippincott, Harper's, and G. P. Putman. Her first novel, Cecily, was published in 1967 and was followed by about fifty other books for children, young adults, and adults. Many of her young adult novels deal with topics such as death, obesity, rape, and homosexuality. Her novel, Of Love and Death and Other Journeys, was nominated for the 1975 National Book Award. Two of her novels, Bump in the Night and The Man Without a Face, were made into movies. She died in New York City on February 9, 2002 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Isabelle Holland

De man zonder gezicht (1972) 275 exemplaren
Behind The Lines (Point) (1994) 190 exemplaren
The Journey Home (1990) 187 exemplaren
A Death at St. Anselm's (1984) 50 exemplaren
A Fatal Advent (1989) 50 exemplaren
Bump In the Night (1988) 48 exemplaren
Dinah and the Green Fat Kingdom (1978) 41 exemplaren
Journey for three (1974) 40 exemplaren
Trelawny (1974) 39 exemplaren
The Long Search (1990) 37 exemplaren
Flight of the archangel (1985) 34 exemplaren
Now Is Not Too Late (1980) 34 exemplaren
Kilgaren (1900) 30 exemplaren
The Christmas Cat (1987) 29 exemplaren
A lover scorned (1986) 28 exemplaren
Tower Abbey (1978) 27 exemplaren
Darcourt (1976) 27 exemplaren
Heads You Win Tails I Lose (1973) — Auteur — 27 exemplaren
Perdita (1983) 27 exemplaren
Counterpoint (1980) 24 exemplaren
Moncrieff: A Novel (1975) 23 exemplaren
The House in the Woods: A Novel (1991) 23 exemplaren
The Marchington Inheritance (1979) 23 exemplaren
Paperboy (1999) 21 exemplaren
The Easter Donkey (1988) 20 exemplaren
The Promised Land (1996) 20 exemplaren
Family Trust (1994) 18 exemplaren
Grenelle (1976) 18 exemplaren
Hitchhike (1977) 16 exemplaren
Demaury Papers (1977) 15 exemplaren
The Lost Madonna (1981) 15 exemplaren
The Unfrightened Dark (1990) 14 exemplaren
The Island (1984) 14 exemplaren
Abbie's God Book (1982) 14 exemplaren
Alan and the Animal Kingdom (1977) 12 exemplaren
God, Mrs. Muskrat and Aunt Dot (1983) — Auteur — 10 exemplaren
Cecily (1967) 10 exemplaren
The empty house (1983) 9 exemplaren
Summer of My First Love (1981) 9 exemplaren
Jenny Kiss'd Me (1985) 8 exemplaren
A Horse Named Peaceable (1982) 6 exemplaren
Thief (1988) 6 exemplaren
The Search (1991) 6 exemplaren
Kevin's Hat: Story (1984) 5 exemplaren
Amanda's Choice (1970) 5 exemplaren
Standish Place (1976) 5 exemplaren
Love and the Genetic Factor (1987) 4 exemplaren
After the First Love (1983) 3 exemplaren
Toby the Splendid (1987) 3 exemplaren
Henry and Grudge (1986) 3 exemplaren
Green Andrew Green (1984) 3 exemplaren
Maulever Hall 1 exemplaar
Susan Grenelle (1978) 1 exemplaar
Tvillingerne Trelawny (1978) 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam
Holland, Isabelle
Officiële naam
Holland, Isabelle Christian
Geboortedatum
1920-06-16
Overlijdensdatum
2002-02-09
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Basel, Switzerland
Plaats van overlijden
New York, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen
New York, New York, USA
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Guatamala City, Guatamala
Basel, Switzerland
Opleiding
Tulane University (BA|1942)
University of Liverpool
Beroepen
young adult writer
novelist
Book Publicist
Relaties
Lee, Harper (friend)
Organisaties
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Harper's
J. B. Lippincott Company
Crown Publishers
McCall's
Kappa Alpha Theta
Korte biografie
Isabelle Holland was born in Basel, Switzerland, the daughter of the American consul there. She was educated in England and the USA and earned a bachelor's degree from Tulane University in 1942. She settled in New York City and held various jobs, including publicist, for some of New York's top publishing houses. She also wrote more than 50 books, including many prize-winning books for children and young adults, as well as romantic thrillers and gothic mysteries, but the first of them was not published until 1967, when she was in her late forties. She was still writing at the time of her death. Miss Holland's books for young people addressed a variety of difficult or controversial topics, such as death, rape, incest, teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, homosexuality, and the ravages of alcoholism on families. Two of her books have been adapted as films.

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My first encounter with this book was when I found it in my middle school library and my friends and I had a good laugh over the title. I never actually read it back then, which is a shame because I totally missed out on a great book. The issue of weight was handled very sensitively in this book, but it's not only about weight, it's about the end of childhood fantasies and growing up and so much more. I found Sister Elizabeth's scenes a bit tedious and preachy, but I guess they were necessary.
 
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serru | Oct 6, 2022 |
I hated this book when I read it as a kid, and a quick re-read hasn't changed my opinion much. I mean, way to glorify stealing your parents' prescription medication! Spoilers ahead: "Gee, I'm too fat. Let me steal some of mom's diet pills. But I can't sleep, so let me take some of her sleeping pills too. OK, now I'm really thin. What? These diet pills are "speed"? I'd better stop taking them. And anyway dad loves me again, and a boy has a crush on me, now that I'm skinny."
 
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SamSpayedPI | Jan 9, 2022 |
 
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lcslibrarian | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 13, 2020 |
The paperback I read was frail and the pages quite yellow with age but as I read the storyline it felt as though it could have been ripped from today's headlines which made me quite curious as to the copyright date. The copyright date is 1979 and the edition was a First Fawcett Crest Printing in October, 1980. Quite intriguing. It reminded me of novels by Mary Stewart read during my senior year in high school which following the introduction in 4th grade to Nancy Drew novels continued my love of the mystery genre.… (meer)
 
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Werken
56
Leden
1,658
Populariteit
#15,501
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
20
ISBNs
212
Talen
10
Favoriet
1

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