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This is just the way I like my historical fiction! It has well-written characters inahabiting times and places that are little known to me. It focuses on young Jamaican men who join the RAF in WWII and are stationed in England. It also includes the experiences of a British man serving in South Asia, a war theater that I have read little about. It follows them and some of the women in their lives into post-war London.
One of the books that the author, Andrea Levy, sights as a source is called Whe ...more
One of the books that the author, Andrea Levy, sights as a source is called Whe ...more
Aug 21, 2009
Juniper
marked it as dnf
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The book group I belong to did this book 2 years and I could not get into it at all. I thought, since everyone loved it and I have heard many people rave about it since, I would try again. Well try again I did with the same result - I was left wondering what the big deal was about this book. I found it monotonous and a chore.
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i have now tried this book 3 times. i have read about ¾ of this novel, but it just had done nothing for me. i gave the book away, so doubt i will try it again.
edited to add:
i have now tried this book 3 times. i have read about ¾ of this novel, but it just had done nothing for me. i gave the book away, so doubt i will try it again.
Mar 20, 2009
Potjy
marked it as to-read
Apr 22, 2010
Athira (Reading on a Rainy Day)
marked it as to-read
Apr 23, 2010
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
marked it as to-read
Mar 09, 2011
Celeste
marked it as to-read
Apr 02, 2011
Tien
marked it as maybe-not
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Jun 27, 2011
Heather (DeathByBook)
marked it as might-read-it
Jul 29, 2020
Karen Michele Burns
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really liked it
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Jan 14, 2016
Paula S
added it
Mar 05, 2016
Katy
marked it as to-read
Jun 19, 2016
Meghan
marked it as to-read
Feb 14, 2018
Jules
marked it as wanted-sometime
