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Bezig met laden... The Widow's Daughterdoor Nicholas Edlin
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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. I'm glad I didn't know much about this book before I began reading it. It turned out to be a fascinating story set in San Diego of the 1960s and New Zealand of the 1940s. Edin's main character is a painter with a haunting past. A past that we learn about as he takes a car trip from San Diego to Los Angeles. I didn't know anything about the US WWII involvement in New Zealand until I read the book. WARNING: If you are at all interested in reading the book, don't read the blurb on the back of it. It contains a spoiler that is totally unnecessary. I'm not sure what the folks at Penguin were thinking. They seem to want to market it as a murder mystery when that is certainly not its main focus. ( ) This inaugural novel from this writer began with promise. Peter Sokol, ex U.S.Marines doctor, now teacher and part-time painter is confronted by his past when an ex orderly publishes a novel based largely on Peter's experiences in New Zealand in the Second World War. So far so good. The story jumps between past and the 1970's. Interesting that a New Zealand author should choose to write his first novel in an American voice and does not paint a very flattering picture of NZers at home during the war, nor the Americans abroad. The story moves along nicely ,but the climax of the story I found far-fetched. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A spellbinding story of love, war, and betrayal. Peter Sokol, an artist living in San Diego, is haunted by his past. In 1943, Captain Sokol is a surgeon in the U.S. Marines stationed in Auckland, New Zealand, where he and his longtime nemesis have fallen in love with the same beautiful and enigmatic woman, Emily Walters. Dismissive of Emily's suspiciously British mother and violent brother, the two vie for her hand. When Emily's brother is discovered murdered, Sokol is the prime suspect. As he fights to prove his innocence, he finds that the woman he loves is not who she seems, and that the blood of another might be on his hands. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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