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The writing was excellent.

Revisado: 01-15-24

What a journey. This was difficult to read, but well worth it. It may be on the banned books list in Florida with all the other great books.
Many thanks

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PBS Bookclub Choice

Revisado: 11-15-22

I saw the interview of Charles Yu on PBS and referred it to my International Book Club group. Stunning book in so many ways. Appropriate for what has been happening before our eyes in the last few years. Though it has been there all along. Perfectly described. I really appreciate the historical references. What an incredible writing form for presenting this. Thank you, Charles Yu.

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Incredible Story of Persistence and hope

Revisado: 06-16-20

Wish all those protesting in 2020 would read this and understand they must persist peacefully as Bryan did. I marched with Martin Luther King....a beautiful day. I am inspired once again.

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Complexities of Survival in the Underdeveloped World

Revisado: 04-16-19

The author has done well explaining the difficulties of just getting by let alone building a business and contributing to the well being of others.
Thank you for writing this story.

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Perkbrooke

Revisado: 03-09-19

Every American should read this book to help us all remember what our democracy used to be and needs to be in the future.
It is incredible to hear it read by Andrew McCabe himself.

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Thank Heavens for American journalists

Revisado: 07-07-18

Journalists who are willing to dig deeper and deeper to find the truths we need will save our democracy.
This was riveting with little surprise references like Marie Tallchief and Ernie Pyle. (I saw her dance)
J. Edgar Hoover’s ego was as described. Great book.
When will we get it right and treat everyone ethically.

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A Little Background Adjustment

Revisado: 03-13-18

This was read beautifully. How does one say it was enjoyed considering the story of a terrible war.
It was unfortunate that the author threw in the ugly American journalists bit when there were actually several journalists of the most noted newspapers...NYTimes, Los Angeles Times, Time/Life,Newsweek who made their homes in Nairobi Kenya and went to Biafra risking their lives to tell the story of this horrible war. They traveled together to Biafra and when Priya Ramrakha, the Time/Life photographer,was shot in a Biafran ambush, these journalists carried him as best they could to safety. He bled to death. I know this to be true as my former husband was one of them. These journalists cared about what was happening in Africa. They tried to communicate the real story.

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Saddest and Happiest Ever

Revisado: 12-11-16

This is happy and sad at the same time about a man who did not know how to live and was hopeless at trying to die. The prose is so original and comical I laughed out loud so many times as well as gasped at what had happened. Such character development... Ova, as well as the wife, the neighbors all of this circle astounded me. I will read it again and suggest it to my friends.

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The threads throughout the stories.

Revisado: 11-14-16

I enjoyed this novel very much. Particularly the threads to follow.... the building and contribution good and bad of the railroad, Leland Stanford, the ongoing discrimination, the guilt, and striving for the elephant. So many subtleties. And there is hope.

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