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One way I like to define good writing is: the more you want to read it with the least amount of story. It's not that nothing happens in this novel about a young woman who arrives in NYC from the West Indies to be an au pair for a wealthy family, but not a lot happens. I devoured it like a thriller. The voice of the main character telling the story in first person is so distinctive, I can still hear her in my head (and I read this months ago!)

But the colonists were too stubborn to accept his invitation.

What the Believers had suspected all along, that the whites were beyond redemption, was confirmed. What else would one expect from people who were a product of a different creation from that of the amaXhosa, people who were so unscrupulous that they killed the son of their own god?

(Photo taken waiting for the Sarah Hall event to start...)

I picked this as I'm trying to diversify my reading away from white western writers. Even though I read a huge range of titles, I can make this change.
Really slim novel, set in 50s I think. Lucy moves to USA as a teenage nanny and sets out to make the most of her opportunity... She's quite devious and self absorbed and exploits situations to her advantage.
None of the characters are that likeable but very realistic!

I‘m not sure how to feel here. There are two different stories. One story follows an an agent involved with the Vietnam Project, his obsession, and his descent into madness. The second story is about Jacobus Coetzee, a white settler in 18th century South Africa on a hunting expeditions that goes awry. I‘m not going to sit here and say I *enjoyed* spending time with either of these men, but I think that‘s the point. 242/1,001 #1001Books

The 2nd book about Tambu and it‘s her 2nd year at Young Ladies‘s College of the Sacred Heart. We follow her through school and a few years after, with a civil war in the background and later The New Zimbabwe. Is the new Zimbabwe any different than the old one when it comes to Tambu‘s opportunities?

A book about colonialism, about how it‘s easier being a European to succeed and women‘s opportunities

I‘m ready for the 3rd book about Tambu

#DecemberDreams

A Malcolm Gladwell #WhiteStack already set up and ready to go 😁

This author is very angry, and I felt chastised! First among various reasons for being a tourist! It should be required reading for anyone vacationing in the Caribbean, where the tourists have plenty and the locals do not. Take for instance, water. Tourists can swim in it, and then bathe in it, and drink as much as they like. But many islands have no water source so the locals have to conserve every last drop. From there, the author delves ⬇️

My next audiobook for #Antigua #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

If you go to Antigua as a tourist,this is what you will see.

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