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The House at Sugar BeachCooper writes of her Liberian home, her family's flight during the 1980 coup, and her return twenty years later to find a foster sister left behind.Read More
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At Home in the WorldWall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl became the focus of international concern when he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan while...Read More
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Tom Dispatch, October 11, 2009
...paper recently caught my eye. It was headlined 'White House Believes Karzai Will Be Re-elected,' but in mid-report Helene Cooper and Mark Landler of the New York Times turned to Afghan War commander General Stanley McChrystal's 'redeployment option.'...
Indy.com, October 10, 2009
...Dan Quayle vice presidential museum in Huntington. Trying to understand her roots in Africa, New York Times writer Helene Cooper comes up with a disappointing story of her childhood in Liberia, "The House at Sugar Beach." The disappointment is that,...
Chapel Hill News, September 13, 2009
...Oct. 7 book will be 'The House on Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood' by Helene Cooper. The Chapel Hill Public Library is one of our town's greatest resources. Over 1,000 people a day pass through its doors. We hope you are one of...
Quad-Cities Online, August 29, 2009
...Dan Buck of Davenport, to read a book titled ''The House on Sugar Beach,'' a memoir written by Helene Cooper, who escaped from Liberia to the U.S. after her family was murdered in the coup that started the long civil war. Rev. Buck, a retired pastor once...
STLtoday.com, August 5, 2009
...prices.) And here are four other popular books that are recent paperback releases: Anne Rivers Siddons? ?Off Season? Helene Cooper?s ?The House at Sugar Beach? Lucinda Rosenfeld?s ?I?m So Happy for You? Uwem Akpan?s ?Say You?re...
The Politico, June 12, 2009
...about how you use your access I hope you think I used it wisely.' Seen there: Maureen Dowd, Helene Cooper, Christopher Hitchens and Carol Blue, John Dickerson, Jonathan Capehart, Mark Leibovich, Jeffrey Goldberg, Ruth Marcus, Sally Quinn, Norah O'Donnell...
New York Times, May 15, 2009
...This week: Jeffrey Eugenides, the author of ?The Virgin Suicides? and ?Middlesex?; Helene Cooper on a memoir by Africa?s first female president; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam...
New York Times, May 15, 2009
...This week: Jeffrey Eugenides, author of ?The Virgin Suicides? and ?Middlesex?; Helene Cooper on a memoir by Africa?s first female president; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus,...
Guardian Unlimited via, April 3, 2009
...The Mirror helpfully adds that $1tn would pay MPs' expenses for 7,344 years. The New York Times' Helene Cooper, strikes a different tone: 'After more than 11 hours of meetings, Mr Obama emerged from his first summit meeting with a handful of modest...
Knox News Sentinel, February 26, 2009
...falling apart.' Gillies, 39, is now married to Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Lattman. Previous Starbucks picks include Helene Cooper's 'The House at Sugar Beach' and Mitch Albom's 'For One More Day.' ------ NBC is owned by General Electric Co....
Sacramento Bee, January 26, 2009
...White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson' Autobiography Rick Bass, 'Why I Came West' Helene Cooper, 'The House On Sugar Beach' Honor Moore, 'The Bishop's Daughter' Andrew X. Pham, 'The Eaves Of Heaven' Ariel Sabar, 'My...
M2, January 26, 2009
...White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Autobiography: Rick Bass, Why I Came West; Helene Cooper, The House on Sugar Beach; Honor Moore, The Bishop's Daughter; Andrew X Pham, The Eaves of Heaven; and Ariel Sabar, My...
MSNBC, January 26, 2009
...fiction books: Toni Morrison's ?A Mercy,? Joseph O'Neill's ?Netherland? and Jhumpa Lahiri's ?Unaccustomed Earth.? Helene Cooper's ?The House On Sugar Beach,? a memoir chosen by Starbucks to be sold at its stores nationwide, was a finalist...
CNBC, January 26, 2009
...fiction books: Toni Morrison's ?A Mercy,? Joseph O'Neill's ?Netherland? and Jhumpa Lahiri's ?Unaccustomed Earth.? Helene Cooper's ?The House On Sugar Beach,? a memoir chosen by Starbucks to be sold at its stores nationwide, was a finalist...
Metronews, January 26, 2009
...fiction books: Toni Morrison's 'A Mercy,' Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' and Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Unaccustomed Earth.' Helene Cooper's 'The House On Sugar Beach,' a memoir chosen by Starbucks to be sold at its stores nationwide, was a finalist for...
China Post, January 25, 2009
...Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson? (Knopf). Autobiography looked beyond U.S. borders, with Helene Cooper's investigation ?The House on Sugar Beach? (Simon & Schuster), an investigation of her Liberian roots, and...
Christian Science Monitor, January 25, 2009
...& Thomas Wentworth Higginson? (Monitor review 8/16/08) Autobiography Rick Bass, for ?Why I Came West? (Monitor review, 71/5/08) Helene Cooper, for ?The House on Sugar Beach? (Monitor review, 9/2/08) Honor Moore, for ?The Bishop?s...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 25, 2009
...Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson' (Knopf). Autobiography looked beyond U.S. borders, with Helene Cooper's investigation 'The House on Sugar Beach' (Simon & Schuster), an investigation of her Liberian roots, and...
Reuters India, January 24, 2009
...Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson' (Knopf). Autobiography looked beyond U.S. borders, with Helene Cooper's investigation 'The House on Sugar Beach' (Simon & Schuster), an investigation of her Liberian roots, and...
CJOB 68, January 24, 2009
...The World is What It Is,' an explicit and authorized biography of Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul; and Helene Cooper's 'The House On Sugar Beach,' a memoir picked last year as a featured book at Starbucks. Robinson is a finalist for 'Home,' a companion to...
Washington Post, January 11, 2009
...find Obama a more compelling story than John McCain would have been.' The New York Times has shifted Helene Cooper, author of a memoir about growing up in Liberia, to cover Obama. Ryan says she was often the only reporter asking about problems in Sudan....
Chicago Tribune, December 13, 2008
...in a set of interlocking stories. The House at Sugar Beach: In of a Lost African Childhood By Helene Cooper Thorndike, $31.95 Two decades after leaving Liberia, journalist Cooper returns to her native land hoping to reunite with a foster sister and...
East Bay Express, November 26, 2008
...wrote the introduction to Dustin Lance Black's Milk: The Shooting Script. In The House at Sugar Beach, Helene Cooper remembers the violent coup d'etat that ended her childhood in a massive Liberian mansion. In The Elfish Gene, Mark Barrowcliffe espouses...
Street Insider, November 24, 2008
...by Eric Weiner (Twelve) -- 'The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood,' by Helene Cooper (Simon & Schuster) -- 'The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective,' by Kate Summerscale...
Beltway Confidential, September 9, 2009
...officials hope having the process drag on long enough will allow passions to cool. Writers Mark Landler and Helene Cooper look at the diplomatic tightrope Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the rest of Team Obama are walking. “Election officials...
BASIL & SPICE--Mind And Body!, September 1, 2009
...penalty) Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire (Cuba’s revolution) The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Liberia, Africa) Jantzen’s Gift by Pam Cope (children in Vietnam, Cambodia, Ghana) How about you? What books have taught you, inspired...
Wonkette, August 10, 2009
...mid-August in Washington D.C. are innumerable, truly. Now add “ America’s most controversial Saul Bellow-enthusiast James Wood,” “Helene Cooper,” and “other things” to this ever-growing list of available pleasantries. Monday, August 10 New...
Book Blog, August 4, 2009
...prices.) And here are four other popular books that are recent paperback releases: Anne Rivers Siddons’ “Off Season” Helene Cooper’s “The House at Sugar Beach” Lucinda Rosenfeld’s “I’m So Happy for You” Uwem Akpan’s “Say You’re...
2015Place.com, June 15, 2009
...I'm small fry compared to the other honorees: Print and Broadcast Journalists :
Christiane Amanpour (CNN)
Helene Cooper (New York Times)
Candy Crowley (CNN)
Broadcast Hosts :
Bonnie Erbe (To The Contrary)
Rachel Maddow (The...
Firedoglake, May 31, 2009
...Feinstein (D-CA). Bob Woodward, Washington Post; David Brooks, NY Times. contact Bob Schieffer Chris Matthews: Helene Cooper The New York Times White House Correspondent; Mark Whitaker NBC News Washington Bureau Chief; John Heilemann New York...
RealClearPolitics, May 24, 2009
...Lost Out to Cheney's Facts - Michael Goodwin, NYDN Some Obama Enemies Made Totally of Straw - Helene Cooper, NY Times End Run on Free Speech - George Will, Washington Post Everything You Know About Iran is Wrong - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek On Iran, No...
ArtsBeat, May 15, 2009
...This week: Jeffrey Eugenides, the author of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Middlesex”; Helene Cooper on a memoir by Africa’s first female president; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam...
Paper Cuts, May 15, 2009
...Book Review Podcast This week: Jeffrey Eugenides, author of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Middlesex”; Helene Cooper on a memoir by Africa’s first female president; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, March 20, 2009
...A touching memoir by author, Helene Cooper is my Featured "Book of Color" Pick of the Day. The House at Sugar Beach shares Cooper's life of success and tragedy as she went from living in...
Gawker, March 13, 2009
...s search for his Jewish past in Iraq, and also contains some nice recipes. To his right is Helene Cooper, who covers the White House for the Times . Her book, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood , was nominated in the...
Feministing, February 5, 2009
...My friend Maura gave me a signed copy of New York Times reporter Helene Cooper's memoir, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood. Lucky me. It's an amazing book. Cooper grew up in Liberia as...
Omnivoracious, January 27, 2009
...Heat by Brenda Wineapple Autobiography: Why I Came West by Rick Bass The House on Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper The Bishop's Daughter by Honor Moore The Eaves of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar Poetry: Sleeping It Off in Rapid...
PhiloBiblos, January 26, 2009
...The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Autobiography : - Rick Bass, Why I Came West . - Helene Cooper, The House On Sugar Beach . - Honor Moore, The Bishop’s Daughter . - Andrew X. Pham, The Eaves Of Heaven . - Ariel Sabar, My...
Integral Options Cafe, January 26, 2009
...of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Knopf Autobiography Finalists Rick Bass, Why I Came West. Houghton Mifflin. Helene Cooper, The House On Sugar Beach, Simon and Schuster Honor Moore, The Bishop’s Daughter. WW Norton Andrew X. Pham, The...
Three Dog Blog, January 2, 2009
...to read, for work. Best books I read this year? Charles Baxter, for sure. Ron Rash's "Serena." Helene Cooper. The Tibetan book we all talked about earlier. Blake Morrison's memoir of his father. Tony Horwitz's history of America. Anne Enright's "The...
APOOO, December 16, 2008
...Day 18)–Winner is Patricia Going Down South by Bonnie Glover and The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Day 19)–Winner is LaShonda Hatchette Book Group KWANZAA Package (Day 20)–Winner is Donnica CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND I hope you enjoy...
