pickAllan Topping is the hero of this fictionalized true story about the last flight out of Saigon in 1975. He legally claimed responsibility for all the passengers (essentially signing adoption papers) to cut through red tape and get them to safety. This story leads to investigating more heroic tales of war in Vietnam.
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Very good characterizations. Read for my f2f bookclub.
1. Books for bookclub I always make sure I read in time. Otherwise it's whatever genre I feel like reading. Then I look at my tbr on Goodreads and choose one that fits my mood.
2. The Chinese Groove and Before I Go to Sleep are the next books in line for bookclubs.
#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView
Ah yes. 1923 NYC. Talking about Jews as foreign and overly sexual.
On the next page the author refers to the same character as “oriental.”
Classic racism.
There is nothing new in the world.
“Even downtown we got differences. Let me and the landlords wife go to the butcher store for meat. For who will the butcher pick out the fattest piece of meat? For me, who bargains herself every penny, or the landlords wife that pays him over any price he asks?”
Unintended bias is everywhere. Even in 1923.
Honestly, what were the freaking odds of finding this book.
It has no reviews on Litsy. It isn‘t mentioned in any of the other “also by this author.”
But there it was on a to be shelved used books trolley.
I‘m so excited. Talk about beshert!
#TopReads2024 continues with my April pick
🐓🐟🇮🇪🚢🇺🇸🌆 “The Walking People” was a breath taking and mesmerizing read that totally took you for a ride with the Cahill family. My only complaint was that I wished it was longer, I didn‘t want to leave them. I hope maybe one day Mary Beth Keane will revisit them!!
