Category: Immigrant story

The Clothes On Their Backs – Linda Grant

Posted on September 25, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Vivien Kovacs is on a search to reveal the truth to the secrets kept from her by her timid Hungarian refugee parents ♥ “Two Jewish brothers are at the heart of this novel. One escapes Hungary prior to the war, marries… Continue Reading “The Clothes On Their Backs – Linda Grant”

Category: Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Holocaust fiction, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: ,

Accordion Crimes – Annie Proulx

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The history of America’s founders is told by the travels of an accordion, and the hands it passes through. ♥ “An accordion is handmade by a Sicilian in 1890 and changes owners several times throughout the novel, ending… Continue Reading “Accordion Crimes – Annie Proulx”

Category: Cultural, Historical Fiction, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Political, US fiction, Women's PrizeTags:

Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides

Posted on February 12, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel which chronicles the impact of an intersex gene on three generations of a Greek family. ♥ “Protagonist Calliope (Cal) Stephanides undertakes a rebirth as he comes to terms with his family’s history… Continue Reading “Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides”

Category: Coming of Age, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Immigrant story, Mthyical/folklore, Psychological, Pulitzer Prize, Queer, US fictionTags:

The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Over one night, a Pakistani man tells an American stranger about his love affair with a woman and his forced abandonment of America post 911. The resulting chaos of 911, especially for men of his ethnicity, causes Changez to abandon his wish… Continue Reading “The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Immigrant story, Political, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

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