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Postby webbo » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:41 pm

Natty wrote:
webbo wrote:
Natty wrote:Lucia Lucia - Andriana Trigiani

She writes about immigrant families (In her case Italian) growing up in another country, something I can definitely relate to.


Is that because you are Italian :?: Immigrant :?: Both :?:
Are her books in English please :?:

Bubbles x 8)


Hi Bubbles, well I'm not an Italian immigrant but I am from a Greek Cypriot immigrant family and what she writes about is so familiar to me, as I said I can definitely relate..

This is the blurb of the book taken from the authors website..

http://www.adrianatrigiani.com/lucialuciaabout.htm


Cheers for the clarification, The blurb sounds interesting, I will keep an eye out for the book :) Thanks

Bubbles x 8) 8) 8)
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Postby Natty » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:41 pm

webbo wrote:
Natty wrote:
webbo wrote:
Natty wrote:Lucia Lucia - Andriana Trigiani

She writes about immigrant families (In her case Italian) growing up in another country, something I can definitely relate to.


Is that because you are Italian :?: Immigrant :?: Both :?:
Are her books in English please :?:

Bubbles x 8)


Hi Bubbles, well I'm not an Italian immigrant but I am from a Greek Cypriot immigrant family and what she writes about is so familiar to me, as I said I can definitely relate..

This is the blurb of the book taken from the authors website..

http://www.adrianatrigiani.com/lucialuciaabout.htm


Cheers for the clarification, The blurb sounds interesting, I will keep an eye out for the book :) Thanks

Bubbles x 8) 8) 8)


No problem Bubbles, it's a book I defintely recommend! :)
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Postby LENA » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:11 am

"Random acts of heroic love"

Did anyone read Danny Scheinmann's book with this title?
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Postby connor » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:56 pm

Get Real...Debbie Does Dallas...?

I remember that one...it was all about..! It featured plenty of..! I think there was even a section on...! In one shot I remember seeing two...! I also remember thinking that theres no way that can be real...!

Think it featured American football in there somewhere...or was it baseball..?
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Postby denizaksulu » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:49 pm

LENA wrote:"Random acts of heroic love"

Did anyone read Danny Scheinmann's book with this title?



No..........................................sorry :(
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Postby denizaksulu » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:51 pm

connor wrote:Get Real...Debbie Does Dallas...?

I remember that one...it was all about..! It featured plenty of..! I think there was even a section on...! In one shot I remember seeing two...! I also remember thinking that theres no way that can be real...!

Think it featured American football in there somewhere...or was it baseball..?



Handball?............................I might pop in and see you.
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Postby Talisker » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:25 pm

Just read 'Eleni' by Nicholas Gage, a story detailing village life throughout WW2 and the Greek civil war, and resulting in the execution of the author's mother by communist guerrillas. This is a brilliant book, the story is well told with inserted text detailing the wider political and military context within which the story unfolds. It pulls no punches on the horrors of war, and the follies of political idealism. Moreover, it emphasises the strength of bonds between the mother and her children, and the need for calculated sacrifice in desperate times. One thing that did surprise me though was the life of the teenage village girl in 1930s and 40s Greece - wearing of headscarves, confined to the family home, subject to arranged marriages.........doesn't sound too dissimilar to the lives of some Muslim girls these days, the subject of some debate on this forum from time to time. I also never realised before how many Greeks were exiled behind the Iron Curtain following these wars. I recommend this book - I learnt a lot from it, and it is a cracking (although harrowing) story.
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Postby rotate » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:55 pm

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason.

Fictional story based upon a background of historical fact. 19th Century London piano tuner sent by the British War Office to the Burmese jungle to tune a French piano. Nothing is as it would at first appear.
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Postby cyprusgrump » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:12 pm

The Book Thief

Book Description
The story of a young German girl who steals books, of her family and the Jewish boxer hidden in their basement as they struggle to survive in Nazi Germany when the bombs begin to fall.

Synopsis
1939 - Nazi Germany - The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Some important information - this novel is narrated by death. It's a small story, about: a girl; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. Another thing you should know - death will visit the book thief three times.

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The most amazing book I have ever read... cried my eyes out... a must read.
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Postby CBBB » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:01 pm

The fiction spouted by the Cyprus Minister of Finance (Mr Stavrakis) that the Cyprus Economy has no problems!
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