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The Lost Apothecary
''The Lost Apothecary'' is a New York Times bestseller debut book written by Sarah Penner. Fox Broadcasting Company is developing a television adaptation of the novel. Reception ''The Lost Apothecary'' is a New York Times best seller. Before publication, the book was named one of the most anticipated books of the year by CNN, '' HELLO!,'' ''Newsweek,'' and ''O, The Oprah Magazine''. Following publication, the book received positive reviews from NPR, ''Booklist'', and ''Library Journal,'' as well as a mixed review from ''Publishers Weekly.'' ''Reader's Digest'', ''Good Housekeeping'', and ''Cosmopolitan'' included it in their lists of best books of the year. In late 2021, it was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel. Adaptation The novel will be adapted into a television drama series by Fox Broadcasting Company The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Penner
Sarah Penner is an American author. Her debut novel, ''The Lost Apothecary'', is a ''New York Times'' best seller. Personal life Penner was born and raised in northeast Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas and graduated with a degree in finance. She currently works in finance full-time and is a member of Historical Novel Society and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Penner currently lives in Florida with her husband Marc and their miniature dachshund Zoe. ''The Lost Apothecary'' ''The Lost Apothecary'' is a ''New York Times'' bestseller'','' published March 2, 2021 by Park Row Books. The book received positive reviews from NPR, ''Booklist'', and ''Library Journal,'' as well as a mixed review from ''Publishers Weekly.'' Reader's Digest and ''Cosmopolitan'' included it in their lists of the best books for the year. In 2021, it was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel. Fox Broadcasting Company The Fox Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reader's Digest
''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila Bell Wallace. For many years, ''Reader's Digest'' was the best-selling consumer magazine in the United States; it lost the distinction in 2009 to '' Better Homes and Gardens''. According to Mediamark Research (2006), ''Reader's Digest'' reached more readers with household incomes of over $100,000 than ''Fortune'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', '' Business Week'', and '' Inc.'' combined. Global editions of ''Reader's Digest'' reach an additional 40 million people in more than 70 countries, via 49 editions in 21 languages. The periodical has a global circulation of 10.5 million, making it the largest paid-circulation magazine in the world. It is also published in Braille, digital, audio, and a large type called "Reader's Digest Larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In The 19th Century
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In The 1800s
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
