Thanks @Mommamanzi ! I love our #cbbc group so much!
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Thanks @Mommamanzi ! I love our #cbbc group so much!
A great morning for a coffee date with a fabulous friend!
pickA friend of mine loves Isabel Allende and has read every book of hers, but in Spanish. This is my first book and it‘s a pick. The theme of refugees and the different histories she included were powerful and heart-wrenching. I loved how all the stories came together in the end. I wasn‘t sure if she‘d be able to do it at the beginning. There seemed to be too many storylines but she did it beautifully by the end. The end was sad but also satisfying.
Summer coffee flights this morning!!
#Coffeebeanbookclub roll call. Starting this new round June 7th. Send me an email if you‘re interested in this round! Nicoleorlando@hotmail.com
panRead this one for book club, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it. Allende is passionate about immigration and tells the story of multiple characters who emigrated for difficult reasons, from Samuel on Kindertransport during WW2 to Anita arriving from El Salvador in 2019. The overly didactic and expositional writing style were frustrating, and I think she tried to do too much in less than 260 pages.
pan⭐️there has to be better books out there about the immigration experience. This was one choppy mess! Felt not a thing about these cardboard characters
