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Roberta Rich

Roberta Rich
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Roberta Rich

This is Roberta Rich's first novel. She divides her time between Vancouver, British Columbia and Colima, Mexico.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. I get discouraged easily, but I never give up.
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My life in 8 words: "Long, eventful, lucky, adventurous, fraught, diverse, loving, healthy"
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Roberta Rich Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. I get discouraged easily, but I never give up. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People who keep me waiting. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Hannibal Lector Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Stopping smoking. I used to smoke two packs a day. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. A writer friend of mine who has survived breast cancer twice and continues to be cheerful and write everyday. Learn more about Roberta Rich

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Toronto Star Online, May 5, 2012
...I’m looking forward to my next trip to the city — with Laure Beauséjour on my mind. Roberta Rich’s The Midwife of Venice, delivers an enticing story set in 16th century Venice, where the gifted midwife Hannah works in the Jewish Ghetto Nuevo, her...
University of Bath, March 30, 2012
...as possible, with the first issue including Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May (Bloomsbury); Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (Ebury Press); and Catch your Death by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards (Harper Collins). Bath graduate start-up Urban Tribe have...
University of Bath, March 30, 2012
...as possible, with the first issue including Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May (Bloomsbury); Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (Ebury Press); and Catch your Death by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards (Harper Collins). Bath graduate start-up Urban Tribe have...
Huntsville Forester, February 29, 2012
...Midwife of Venice By Roberta Rich Roberta Rich, the author of The Midwife of Venice, is American by birth, but now divides her time between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Mexico. She completed a degree in...
Rescu, February 23, 2012
...A city haunted by old secrets, religious tension and desperation features in Roberta Rich’s fantastic debut novel: The Midwife of Venice. If you enjoy the style of Alice Hoffmann then this is a highly recommended book. Hannah Levi is a midwife living...
NewsGuide.us, February 14, 2012
...into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into this story of intrigue, written by Roberta Rich, that transcends the boundaries of history. Now available in the U.S., the international bestselling The Midwife of Venice weaves a lavishly...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 10, 2012
...Black Year by Maggie Anderson, with Ted Gregory (PublicAffairs, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-61039-024-8). The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (S&S/Gallery, $15; ISBN 978-1-4516-5747-0). Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman...
Huntsville Forester, February 29, 2012
...Midwife of Venice By Roberta Rich Roberta Rich, the author of The Midwife of Venice, is American by birth, but now divides her time between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Mexico. She completed a degree in...
Examiner.com, February 27, 2012
...KC: What inspired you to write The Midwife of Venice? RR: In June of 2007 my husband and I were in Venice, on a walking tour from the Rialto Bridge. We ended up in the Jewish Ghetto which I confess I had never heard of. Our wonderful guide explained that...
Rescu, February 23, 2012
...A city haunted by old secrets, religious tension and desperation features in Roberta Rich’s fantastic debut novel: The Midwife of Venice. If you enjoy the style of Alice Hoffmann then this is a highly recommended book. Hannah Levi is a midwife living...
Media Bistro, February 17, 2012
...appearance in the mysterious death of her ex-lover, who happened to be her brother-in-law.? (February 2012) by Roberta Rich: ?Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers—a gift aided by the...
NewsGuide.us, February 14, 2012
...into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into this story of intrigue, written by Roberta Rich, that transcends the boundaries of history. Now available in the U.S., the international bestselling The Midwife of Venice weaves a lavishly...
PRWeb, February 14, 2012
...into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into this story of intrigue, written by Roberta Rich, that transcends the boundaries of history. Now available in the U.S., the international bestselling The Midwife of Venice weaves a lavishly...
PRWeb, February 14, 2012
...into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into this story of intrigue, written by Roberta Rich, that transcends the boundaries of history. Now available in the U.S., the international bestselling The Midwife of Venice weaves a lavishly...