Publisher: Einaudi Published: 10 June 2008 (first published 2006) Pages: 456Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her… Continue reading Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Review: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
I received an advance reader copy of this book from Story Cartel in exchange for an honest review. Publisher: Story Cartel ClassicsPages: 256 Summary This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving… Continue reading Review: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Review: The Golden Cage. Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny by Shirin Ebadi
Format I Read/Publisher: Paperback, Rizzoli Pages: 253 Summary Conceived as a monument to all the victims of Iran's Islamic Revolution, The Golden Cage follows the lives of Shirin Ebadi's childhood friend Pari and her three brothers, as each of them subscribes to one of the different ideologies tearing the country - and their family -… Continue reading Review: The Golden Cage. Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny by Shirin Ebadi
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