Brunonia Barry
Brunonia Barry is an acclaimed American author known for her engaging storytelling and richly woven narratives. Born and raised in Massachusetts, her work often reflects the mystique of New England. Her debut novel, "The Lace Reader," became a bestseller and showcases her talent for blending mystery with historical and cultural elements. Barry's background in theater and screenwriting informs her dynamic character development and vivid settings.
Book summaries for books written by Brunonia Barry
Quotes
Some secrets have a way of making themselves known, sometimes you just need to know where to look.
Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the right livery, passes through more easily.
Finding out the truth is like finding something on the bottom of the ocean. It's always murky down there. Nothing's ever clear.
People are like cities: We all have alleys and gardens and secret rooftops and places where daisies sprout between the sidewalk cracks, but most of the time all we let each other see is a postcard glimpse of a skyline or a polished square. Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn't know were there, even the ones they wouldn't have thought to call beautiful themselves.
The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
No one is an island. But if you feel like one, that's not good. It's healthy to have company.
The best secrets are the most twisted.
Words are powerful. Be careful the ones you string together.
Grief is a waiting room with broken chairs, and a pile of old magazines.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger.
If you didn't know what the truth looked like, sometimes you couldn't recognize it.