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Jan 7, 2020
Angry Arthur
Hiawyn Oram and Satoshi Kitamura
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Once there was a boy called Arthur, who wanted to stay up and watch TV, but his mother wouldn't let...
Hope Gap (2020)
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A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving...
The Change 6: Tokyo: Noriko's Story
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED? HA/HA wants what’s best for you. HA/HA is your friend....
Attack on Titan Junior High Vol. 1
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Eren holds a massive grudge against Titans ever since he witnessed the death of his mother. Now he...
Burning Cane (2019)
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Among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious...
Separation (2021)
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A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
ClareR (5906 KP) rated Lost Children Archive in Books
Sep 2, 2021
The parents are clearly at odds with one another, both wanting to progress their careers in different ways. The father wants to make a soundscape of Apacheria where the last tribes had lived, and the mother wants to help a friend to find her lost children. They had been sent to the US with a coyote (a guide), had been found and sent to a detention centre - but they had subsequently gone missing. The mother discovers that these lone children have been disappearing on this journey for a long time.
The lost children hits close to home when the parents own children go missing.
I really enjoyed this. I loved how the two stories - the journey of the children, and that of the children in the mothers book who are being smuggled from Mexico - were intertwined. I enjoyed the way that the narratives swapped between the mother, the boy and the immigrant children, although the lines often became blurred between reality and the mothers novel.
It is in parts both devastating and informative, particularly in the times that we live in. This isn’t an easy book, but its well worth the read.
ClareR (5906 KP) rated The Silence In Between in Books
Dec 2, 2024
Lisette lived in Berlin with her mother, and during the last days of WW2, she experienced what many women did at the hands of the Russians. This is brutal, and explains a lot about why Lisette is the mother she is to her daughter Elly.
Elly knows that the only way to make her mother happy is to get the baby back - no matter the cost. She’s a brave, resourceful young woman, who takes death defying risks for her mother.
There’s a lot of hope in this book of survival and loss. Elly is a symbol of determination - she never gives up, and her family is at the heart of all her actions.
The two female characters, mother and daughter, are exceptional women. The history behind their lives has been well researched and is believable, and their story has stayed with me well after finishing this book.
Highly recommended.
Just One More Day: A Memoir
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In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by tragedy While Susan, a typically feisty...