Shiyoke Abdi Abdi itibaren Inzhich-Chukun, Karachay-Cherkessia, Rusya
Po-mo beşeri bilimler profesörünün ("Hitler Çalışmaları" bölüm başkanı) karikatürü kendi ölümüne takıntılıdır. İlk kez 1985'te yayınlanan White Noise, kablolu TV, VCR, Internet ve 1990'ların sonlarındaki radikal marka bilincine yaygın erişimden önce geliyor. Bu bağlam, karakterlerinin göğüs kavrama korkusuna istenmeyen bir nostalji havası verir. Kısa bölümler belirsiz ve belirsiz bir diyaloğu, daha sonra müzik videosu ve filmle ilişkilendirilmek üzere, yayın reklam snippet'lerini bir atlama tarzında birleştiriyor. Aradan geçen on yıl boyunca tüketim eleştirisi dişlerini kaybetmiş olsa da, sürrealist çağdaş aile yaşamının portresi ve alaycı mizah dayanmaktadır.
Tracy Kidder benim en sevdiğim yazarlardan biri. Küçük bir kasabadan bakımevindeki arkadaşlara, Burundi'deki soykırımlara kadar olan konular beni şaşırtıyor. Bu farklı konuları hayata geçirme yeteneği de şaşırtıcı. Bu kitap beni bu modern dünyada bir azize en yakın şey olan Paul Farmer'ın çalışmalarıyla tanıştırdı. Aynı zamanda beni Haiti ve uzak kırsal yerlerde AIDS ve TB tedavisinin karmaşıklıkları hakkında eğitti.
Meet Sarah , a lost, lonely Grieving lady who has just given birth to a still born baby. Meet Alex, an intriging "single" Dad who is full of mystery and intrige. Whom is also very good looking! On a chance Meeting In Sicily alex asks Sarah to join him at his home to become housekeeper and Nanny to his son Jamie. Though everyone tells Sarah its a bad idea so goes ahead and does it anyway! When Sarah gets to Avalon, she begins to question why Genevieve left alex in the first place. alex is not forthcoming with this information and the people of Burrington are very unsure of Sarah and her intentions towards alex and Jamie. Is she Genevieves replacement?? Sarah falls more in love with alex every day and they begin a romance. This does not go down well with the village folk. Sarah feels more and more isolated and has terrible feelings that all is not right at Avalon. She still trusts alex completely even though others warn her not to! What secrets is alex hiding, What is Genevieve trying to tell her in her own way. What do the police really believe has happened to Genevieve. how will it all end? With a happy ever after??? REad to find out! This is the first book i have read by this author and i loved it so much. I couldnt put it down and you are left guessing until the end. I loved the fact the chapters were not to long, the book moved at a good steady pace. One thing i did think was missing was that Sarah had lost a baby but yet throughout there was only tiny mentions of this. however dont let that put you off. I would definately reccomend this book to anyone. Its a "feminine" read as such but a truly worthwhile one. I now have this authors other books on my wishlist! I read this as past of the Transworld Book Group Reading Challenge.
I had to give this book three stars. It took half the book to actually get good, the beginning filled with too much political filler. Unlike Flynn's previous few books, Protect and Defend was rather predictable and boring in regards to plot. He managed to keep the action going in the second half however. It took me a good week to force myself through the first half of this book, simply because of lack of interest to keep reading, and then only a few hours to get through the rest once Flynn illustrates an attack on Kennedy's motorcade. Overall, probably one of the least eventful in the Rapp series this far.
This book was easy to follow, but my interest just wasnt in this book. Other people think this book was funny... Well I dont think so. The plot was very good at first but went to the wayside to the end.