The Good Earth cannot remember what I did with that manuscript." After Buck died in 1973, her heirs reported it stolen. It finally turned up at Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers in Philadelphia around 2007 when it was brought in for consignment. The FBI were notified and it was handed over by the consignor. The Good Earth The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes "Sons" (1932) and "A House Divided" (1935). It was the best-selling
John Purcell (author) John Purcell (author) John Purcell (born 1972) is an Australian author whose novels include "The Secret Lives of Emma" (under the pseudonym Natasha Walker) published by Penguin Random House in 2012 and "The Girl on the Page", due to be published by HarperCollins Australia in October 2018. He is also the Director of Books at Booktopia (Australia's largest online bookseller) and Angus & Robertson Bookworld. John appears regularly in print, on television and at Australian writers festivals to talk about books and the publishing industry. John Purcell was born in Sydney and grew up in the wealthy lower-north-shore suburb of