Libby Cone's Reviews
Reviews of Libby’s Work
Jul.11.2011
Published by Random Distractions
" Just as in her first novel, War on the Margins, Libby Cone has chosen to write about a small, tightly-knit community that becomes overwhelmed by outside forces and events. Once...
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Jul.13.2011
Published by Let's Book It
Wow .... just wow. You know that feeling when your partner hands you a gift and it's in a really little package and you know it is going to be an expensive and amazing gift? Well...
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Aug.28.2011
Published by Rundpinne
...Captivating and masterful describe Cone’s work, and for those looking for an excellent historical fiction novel about one of the most interesting times in history for North...
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Jul.11.2011
Published by Random Distractions
Just as in her first novel, War on the Margins, Libby Cone has chosen to write about a small, tightly-knit community that becomes overwhelmed by outside forces and events. Once...
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May.31.2010
Published by Jules' Book Reviews
My Rating: 9/10
What I liked/disliked about the book: The author asked me to review this book, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to read the book, as it was a lovely, well...
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Feb.26.2010
Published by The Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society Miscellanea and Ephemeron
"...This is an exciting story, full of human characters and people brought out of history books as living beings. I’m going to be doing more reading about Cornelis Plockhoy, and...
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Published by Colleen's Reads
"...The battery of my Sony Reader ran down while I was reading the ebook, and rather than waiting a few hours for it to recharge, I continued reading on my laptop. Once I started...
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Nov.13.2009
Published by http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com
"...The story is a simply told, but utterly compelling look at the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. Three main female characters drive the narrative. Marlene (who considers...
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Jul.30.2009
Published by The Jewish Chronicle
t is said that evil prevails when good men do nothing. For good men, also read good women, for in Libby Cone’s novel of wartime Jersey, War on the Margins (Duckworth, £12.99), it’...
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Nov.17.2008
Published by Rob around Books
With so many other distractions vying for my time and attention over the past couple of weeks it’s taken me longer than it should have, but I finally got around to finishing...
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Jul.20.2009
Published by BookGeeks
Libby Cone’s debut novel is notable for a number of reasons: firstly because, unusually for a work of fiction, its genesis was as a thesis for a Masters Degree in Jewish Studies,...
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Oct.29.2008
Published by http://60goingon16.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/in-extremis.html
Knowing, from author friends, of the trials and tribulations of actually seeing a book through to publication, I can only applaud Libby Cone, who did this all by herself. Libby's...
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Jul.31.2008
Published by dovegreyreader scribbles
"Libby capably and confidently weaves a pitch-perfect novel out of the
facts surrounding the oppression of the Jews on the island and the
resistance movement set up by surrealist...
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About Libby
I am a radiologist who was bored with work, and embarked on a ten-year odyssey to get an MA in Jewish Studies. After I independently published my thesis, a novel called War on the Margins, I aggressively marketed it on US and European blogs, and am happy to...
Connections
Causes Libby Cone Supports
ACLU
Doctors Without Borders
Amnesty International
Audubon
Americans for Peace Now
Libby’s Favorite Books
Oryx and Crake Burger's Daughter The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Kafka on the Shore Cat's Eye The Savage Detectives Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of...