Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)
4 journalers for this copy...
Sending it along to NancyNova to fulfill her wishlist. Enjoy!
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Passing it along to NancyNova. Enjoy!
Passing it along to NancyNova. Enjoy!
Rabck from ValPete. Thanks!
Set mostly in Haiti, the book follows the tale of four Haitian women: Grandmother, granddaughter Sophie - born a product of her mother's rape, Tante Aite who raised Sophie until age 12 in Haiti, and Sophie's mother, who left Haiti for New York and never got over the rape. The story starts when Sophie is 12 and is told mostly from her perspective, culminating in her return to Haiti with her husband and child to bury her mother.
Journal Entry 5 by NancyNova at Katherine, Northern Territory Australia on Saturday, January 7, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (1/7/2012 UTC) at Katherine, Northern Territory Australia
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A rabck book. Enjoy!
This book has arrived safely with me in Northern Territory Australia.
This will do nicely for the 666 (2012) challenge.
Many thanks for sending this to me NancyNova
This will do nicely for the 666 (2012) challenge.
Many thanks for sending this to me NancyNova
I read this book for the 666 for 2015 - An Around the World Reading Challenge as the author was born in Haiti, and much of the story is set there.
Really loving this challenge, and it is pushing me to clear some books off my TBR pile that I should have read and got moving again a long time ago.
MY REVIEW
Such an engaging vivid story of relationships between women in a family, and the consequences of a culture's obsession with female purity.
I enjoyed this on so many levels.
Sophie was the voice of this novel, and although her own experiences are harrowing, it is her Mother and Aunt I felt sorry for, for reasons that differ so greatly - Sophie being the result of her Mother's rape, and also the hardest thing her Aunt had to give up. My sympathy oozed over.
And then there is Grandma, the root of all these women's problems, and yet their biggest champion.
This author is most definitely one I will seek out again.
Really loving this challenge, and it is pushing me to clear some books off my TBR pile that I should have read and got moving again a long time ago.
MY REVIEW
Such an engaging vivid story of relationships between women in a family, and the consequences of a culture's obsession with female purity.
I enjoyed this on so many levels.
Sophie was the voice of this novel, and although her own experiences are harrowing, it is her Mother and Aunt I felt sorry for, for reasons that differ so greatly - Sophie being the result of her Mother's rape, and also the hardest thing her Aunt had to give up. My sympathy oozed over.
And then there is Grandma, the root of all these women's problems, and yet their biggest champion.
This author is most definitely one I will seek out again.
Back to American shores for this little book.
Releasing as a Send your current read RABCK and also a tie into the 2015 Wishlist Challenge
Enjoy!
Thanks so much for the RABCK! I am very much looking forward to reading this book.