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The Weight of Waterby...Anita Shreve rating...4 shelf...have readtags...fiction fishermen norway sisters useast_coasts_islands entry...'The story opens with heavy, grey seas & fog. It continues with the mysterious deaths of 2 women -immigrants from Norway who are married to fishermen. Who or ...' view |
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded] : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby...Thomas L. Friedman rating...4 shelf...have readtags...economics globalization world_history entry...'Mr. Friedman's theory of a "flat" world is of a world without barriers to free trade. It is, basically an argument for globalization, which he believes is desirable. ...' view |
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The Year of Magical Thinkingby...Joan Didion rating...5 shelf...have readtags...grief loss marriage widow entry...'"Magical thinking" accompanies grief. You can't take it in all at once, so magical thinking lets the unthinkable seep in in tiny increments. Joan Didion dooes a very ...' view |
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Three Junesby...Julia Glass rating...5 shelf...favouritetags...family greece modern nycity relationships scotland entry...'Three Junes takes place on three different Junes, several years, & countries apart. The first June is narrated by the father of a family that has already broken apart. ...' view |
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Unless: A Novelby...Carol Shields rating...5 shelf...favouritetags...canada_present family life mothersdaughters novel_in_form_of_memoir entry...'"Unless" is a word (a conjunction) that separates 2 parts of a sentence. Example: we will all live happy lives UNLESS... In this novel, Carol Shields fills ...' view |
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Vanishing Acts: A Novelby...Jodi Picoult rating...4 shelf...have readtags...arizona child_abduction family_life_usa_modern prisons entry...'A page-turner told mostly from the point-of-view of the (now grown) child who was abducted by her father almost 20 years ago. The law catches up with him & ...' view |
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Vinegar Hill (Oprah's Book Club)by...A. Manette Ansay rating...4 shelf...have readtags...family fiction inlaws marriaage small_town_life_midwest entry...'Hard times have forced a young married couple with 2 children to move back to their home town & into the house of the husband's parents --the in-laws from hell. ...' view |
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Waiting for Lindsayby...Moira Forsyth rating...5 shelf...have readtags...family_life grief loss modern scotland entry...'This is a story about how a tragedy can affect different members of a family, even a generation after an event. It is told with warmth, humor & vividly ...' view |
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War and Peaceby...Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs rating...5 shelf...have readtags...family life napoleonic_wars russia war entry...'I thought it would take weeks to get through War & Peace, but it took less than one (being retired helps) The point, though is that the book was so ...' view |
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While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club)by...Sue Miller rating...4 shelf...have readtags...family fiction marriage modern new_england relationships viewable entries...none |
