Bessarabian Nights

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#ReadingEurope2020 🇲🇩

I wouldn‘t have read this book if it weren‘t for the challenge but it did turn out to be very informative about #Moldova. Stela Brinzeanu describes a country that dealt with so many oppressors in the last centuries that it lacks its own identity. Maybe out of powerlessness alcoholism is huge, as are religion, superstition, tradition and the oppression of women. ⬇️⬇️

rockpools, Librarybelle

BarbaraBB Not the best country to grow up in and many seek refuge abroad, only to be trapped in what‘s even worse: trafficking. So while it‘s not the best written book and the plot is weak, this book did open my eyes to this often overlooked country. 4y

rockpools Thanks for the tag. I will actually read it one day!! 4y

Librarybelle Overall, it sounds like a worthwhile read! 4y

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BarbaraBB

Bessarabian Nights | Stela Brinzeanu

Diving into #Moldova, to me Europe‘s most unknown country. The prologue is intriguing but with Liverpool-Ajax in the background it is hard to concentrate. You‘re probably having a nice evening @TrishB 😬!

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TrishB Hanging on in there! I can‘t read and watch. Have a three way call too with kids whilst we‘re not together. 4y

TrishB @Cathythoughts we have a young lad from Cork in goal tonight 😁 4y

BarbaraBB @TrishB Cool, a three way call during the match! (edited) 4y

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TrishB Grateful for technology sometimes! 4y

CarolynM @TrishB While we were in lockdown I had long text conversations with my son during rugby games. Sport has many uses🙂 4y

Megabooks The everything I know about Moldova I learned from watching one of the cast members of 90 Day Fiancé. He and his wife married in America, but they traveled to Moldova this season for a second ceremony. @Reviewsbylola 4y

Reviewsbylola I instantly saw Moldova and knew why I had been tagged. 🤣🤣🤣 He‘s such an ass. 4y

Cathythoughts @TrishB I wasn‘t aware 🤦🏼‍♀️ I better get with the programme.... (Corks a small place ) I‘ll talk to my son about it @CarolynM 😄. I may take a new interest in Liverpool soccer ... ⚽️ 4y

TrishB @CarolynM it definitely does ❤️ 4y

TrishB @Cathythoughts some advice on how to pronounce his first name correctly would be appreciated 😁 Caoimhin they pronounced it so many different ways last night on the commentary. 4y

Cathythoughts @TrishB Stop 😂. It‘s Kevin in Irish ... pronounced.... Queeveen... or Kweeveen 4y

TrishB @Cathythoughts 👍🏻 thank you! Will be practicing. ❤️ 4y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks That TV series sure is an ongoing source of education for you 😂 @Reviewsbylola 4y

BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts @TrishB He did fine, your Cork goaly. Better than our Onana 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4y

batsy @BarbaraBB Aww, I thought Onana did very well up until that went in! Such is the life of a goalie 😁 4y

BarbaraBB @batsy You‘re right, he is such a good keeper but yesterday was really his fault unfortunately. 💩 happens 😄 4y

Megabooks @Reviewsbylola Yes Barbara, all we know about Moldova so far is a) that you stand in a tub in traditional garb to get baptized, b) the American family from florida will expect American food there 🙄🙄, and c) andrrrrei (she rolls the r in her husband‘s name and no one else does) is a chauvinist ass who won‘t work but also hates taking money from his father in law! (Did I cover it Steph?) oh and the Moldovan police are corrupt! 4y

Megabooks Andrei is a former police officer and had to flee to Ireland because of some bad dealings. And Elizabeth‘s family could not understand that police in other countries could be corrupt! 4y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks This is hilarious. I must watch that series one day 😂 4y

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