Cathy Burrell
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I really enjoyed this book. I have never lived on an island or visited Trinidad, but the descriptions of place as well as the characters took me there. The story carried me along, and at no point did I really know what was going to happen, but the su ...more | |
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I really enjoyed this book. The mystery unravelled slowly, but deliberately, and the conclusion was a good one-not expected. I enjoyed the characters. They were fleshed out to the point where I thought I would be interested in meeting a couple of the ...more | |
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It must be 40 years since I last read this book. Essentially, I remembered some of it, but had forgotten how beautiful the writing was. It's sentimental, and at times a little bit preachy...but in our current climate I almost appreciated Alcott's way ...more | |
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If you can get through the first brilliant chapter of this book...you will be rewarded with a story that feels not quite as science-fiction-y as you would hope. I red this book at least 2 years ago. It's early June here in Kelowna BC Canada and the t ...more | |
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This book is one of my all time favourites, and reads as modern as something that was published this year. The writing sweeps you down the page like the drama that appears on every single page. The characters are so well described, and the tension bu ...more | |
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This book was a revelation. I lived in Calgary twice, and always thought of it as a 'new' city, filled with 'young' people. The stories about discovering Calgary first as a fort. When people arrived via train, or on horseback or wagon, were a lesson ...more | |
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This book was a revelation. I lived in Calgary twice, and always thought of it as a 'new' city, filled with 'young' people. The stories about discovering Calgary first as a fort. When people arrived via train, or on horseback or wagon, were a lesson ...more | |
“Leaving Calgary the first time around 1973 was a wrenching experience, filled with the drama of being ten, the youngest in a family of crazy people. I have told this story to nearly everyone I have ever met in my life, and as I get older I recognize how this one event changed the direction of my life.”
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“Leaving Calgary the first time around 1973 was a wrenching experience, filled with the drama of being ten, the youngest in a family of crazy people. I have told this story to nearly everyone I have ever met in my life, and as I get older I recognize how this one event changed the direction of my life.”
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