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Talk Talk | T. C. Boyle
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Dana sits in a courtroom with her legs shackled as a long list of charges is read out, many of them dangerous. But the panic that grips her is not because she has been caught. She knows there has been a terrible mistake - she didn't commit any of these crimes. As Dana and her lover Bridger set out to clear her name and find the person who is living a blameless life of criminal excess at her expense, they begin to test the life they have built together to its limits.
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Talk Talk | T. C. Boyle
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Very curious...

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Soubhiville
Talk Talk | T. C. Boyle
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I had a pretty terrific day. I received @Jas16 ‘s giveaway box of autographed books! Thank you so much. I love Chris Bohjalian, this is really cool to add to my collection. I look forward to reading all the others.

And it‘s new hair day 😊🦄. I‘m really happy with how it turned out.

Bookwormjillk Love your hair!! 5y
tammysue Congrats! Love the hair! ♥️ 5y
AmyG Wow...a great prize package to lovely person. 🎉🎉 5y
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Jas16 Your hair looks amazing! Hope you enjoy the books! 5y
Bookzombie I love your hair! 🦄 5y
Crazeedi Awesome!!! 5y
Hooked_on_books What a cool gift! And the hair looks 😎 5y
LibrarianRyan Love the new hair bit was the first thing I noticed b 5y
MemoirsForMe How cool is your hair! 🙌🏻 5y
Eyelit Love everything about this! 5y
Mimi28 Wow! I had a dream I did this to my hair last night! Lol, I never have the courage to do it though. It‘s awesome and so are the books! 5y
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Talk Talk | T. C. Boyle
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Mehso-so

A deaf woman has her identity stolen and she & her hearing boyfriend take off after the thief on a cross-country chase. I think the author meant to make the woman fierce & independent, but she came off more shrill & hysterical. when identity theft was a newer thing, you used to have trouble getting law enforcement to believe you. The whole story seemed a bit overwrought when compared to the relative seriousness of the crime.

MrBook Nice review!! 7y
DrexEdit #litsyAtoZ reading challenge for letter T 7y
DrexEdit @MrBook Thanks! 😊 7y
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Cayuse Out of curiosity, how did the author handle the deaf aspect of the lead character? Was it just a gimmick or did they use it as an opportunity to dig a bit deeper? 7y
DrexEdit @Cayuse maybe a little of both? Gimmick in that the character didn't necessarily need to be deaf for the story to work, but I also felt he was using it as a teaching moment, as we got an understanding of how difficult lip-reading is or how easy it is for deaf people to miss a ton of background information! That said, it was respectful because he didn't subject his character to pressure to change. She was just fine the way she was. 7y
Cayuse Interesting. I had a front-row seat to the deaf community many years ago and inasmuch as lip reading is even effective, deaf folks often told me they thought giving that skill to a deaf character in a book/play/movie was a bit of a cheat. Nice to see the author didn‘t use it like a silver bullet as a plot element/gimmick. 7y
ValerieAndBooks @DrexEdit I read this several years ago, when it first came out. I don‘t remember all the details now, but did feel it was one of the better portrayals by a hearing author of a Deaf character. I‘m Deaf myself, so I roll my eyes when Deaf characters are given super amazing lip reading powers. @Cayuse 7y
DrexEdit @ValerieAndBooks i did feel the author had taken some effort to find out something about Deaf culture to craft an honest character. In that regard this book was very good. @Cayuse 7y
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