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Bezig met laden... Mijn moeders minnaardoor Mary Helen Stefaniak
Spirit of Place (1) Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. http://amiralace.blogspot.com/2008/03/turk-and-my-mother.html ( ) I truly lost myself in the experience of this book, but as I stand back now and try to describe it, several things stand out for me: The author's skillful manipulation of time: The present was woven with the past and seen through various eyes, including those of an old story-teller and a naive young boy. I loved how the stories were as fresh to that young boy as they were to his grown daughter many years later. The prose was delightful... I loved how normal things become fantastic--the acrobatics of fish being cleaned, their scales shooting like sparks. How Joseph regretted most of all being cleaner than his wife (who didn't have access to a bathtub in the old country. The characters were real and poignant. And (spoiler): One of my favorite parts was the old grandmother in heaven, forgiving everyone. The author is a woman from Iowa City who had two daughters who participated in Young Footliters productions with our daughters. I had enjoyed some of her short stories I'd read, & the jacket copy had me really looking forward to this celebration of the stories passed along the generations of an immigrant family (in this case Croatian immigrants to Milwaukee). It was OK but didn't, to my mind, live up to its promise. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial revelation leads to a narrative tour de force that follows a family through four generations and around the world--through love, marriage, and betrayal, through illness, death, and war. Mary Helen Stefaniak's charming and flawed characters and the warmth of her prose will stay with readers long after they close the book. Reading group guide included. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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