false 10 137 125 true 5859934 read 2 true 1435310 currently-reading 10 true 1435309 to-read 0 false 5548791 blindness http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76680986 The Help (Hardcover) by Kathryn Stockett
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76116044 Pride and Prejudice (Paperback) by Jane Austen
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53538042 to: Boston: A Documentary Novel of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case (Hardcover) by Upton Sinclair
The book I am reviewing is titled Boston. Goodreads list it as Boston: A documentary novel of the Sacco Vanzetti case. I’m afraid that this addition to the title makes the book sound less appealing.
Boston is an historical novel set in the time period 1917- 1927. It is a story of individuals, families, a city and, ultimately the nation and a world, struggling with the issues of the day- war, immigration, the suffragist movement, socialism, communism, class division, capital punishment, poverty, corruption and greed. It is difficult to determine if the book is more history or more fiction. Nevertheless, I thought it was a very good book. The two main characters are Cornelia, a grandmother and her friend Bart. I would love to have either as a friend. It would be great to have a grandmother like Corneila. She is compassionate, determined, energetic, tough and lovable. Bart is a man of integrity, bright, devoted and also a lovable character. Upton Sinclair does a great job with all the characters and made me feel a part of the family, the city and the issues of the day. I was repeatedly amazed by the similarity of the issues we face today and those described in the book. Perhaps it is true that the more things change the more they stay the same. I recommend the book and give it 4 ½ stars.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75622726 Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest ... Came to Live with Us for Three Months (Hardcover) by Judith Viorst
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75622435 With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia (Paperback) by Åsne Seierstad
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75621631 Skeletons at the Feast (Hardcover) by Chris Bohjalian
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75621234 The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment (Hardcover) by A.J. Jacobs
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75620943 The Hummingbird's Daughter (Paperback) by Luis Alberto Urrea
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49338786 Mao's Last Dancer (Paperback) by Li Cunxin
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70737166 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Paperback) by Greg Mortenson
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