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ClareR (5906 KP) rated Family Lore in Books
Nov 11, 2023
Family Lore focuses on the Marie sisters: Matilda, Flor, Pastor and Camille, and two of their daughters, Ona and Yadi. Some of these women have special abilities, and for Flor, that is being able to predict when someone is going to die. So there is great consternation when she decides to hold a living wake.
Ona is an anthropologist and decides to interview the women in her family to find out about their origins: the older sisters come from the Dominican Republic, and their lives there were very different to those of their children.
This is a family with a lot going on! If you like family dramas, then you would be just the reader for this book. There’s a lot about the different relationships between the characters, marriages, unfaithfulness, low self esteem, maternal love, fertility problems, cultural differences, family arguments and resilience.
It’s beautifully written - Acevedo is a poet as well - and all the characters really do have their own voices in this wide-sweeping novel.
Ona is an anthropologist and decides to interview the women in her family to find out about their origins: the older sisters come from the Dominican Republic, and their lives there were very different to those of their children.
This is a family with a lot going on! If you like family dramas, then you would be just the reader for this book. There’s a lot about the different relationships between the characters, marriages, unfaithfulness, low self esteem, maternal love, fertility problems, cultural differences, family arguments and resilience.
It’s beautifully written - Acevedo is a poet as well - and all the characters really do have their own voices in this wide-sweeping novel.
ashezbookz (32 KP) rated Love, Simon (2018) in Movies
Jul 4, 2018
Merci A Velez (18 KP) rated Hocus Pocus (1993) in Movies
Jan 17, 2019
Amazingly cheesy and awesome (1 more)
Family Friendly
An epic classic!
Ahh yes hocus pocus.A favorite halloween movie in my home.An amazing classic with the ever fabulous Bette Midler..Witches,zombies and talking cats oh my!Great family film that will have you and your kids laughing aloud!
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann and H.T. Lowe-porter
Book
Thomas Mann's first novel, Buddenbrooks, is drawn from his own life and experience. Subtitled The...
Chloe (778 KP) rated Coming 2 America (2021) in Movies
Mar 20, 2021
Silly (2 more)
Funny
Happy
Family feel good entertainment
Classic Eddie Murphy - don't forget to play "spot the Eddie Murphy" character. Really enjoyed the context and the characters were brilliant. The music added a new layer to the comedy and was very current.
The story was obvious. Id recommend as an easy watching family fun film
The story was obvious. Id recommend as an easy watching family fun film
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Messenger in Apps
Sep 24, 2019 (Updated Sep 24, 2019)
Keeping in touch with family and friends (1 more)
Video chat
I like using the messenger alot because I use it alot to talk to friends family and the boyfriend. most weeks I use video chat to talk to my dad in America so it's quite handy to use. funny enough I met my boyfriend thru messenger
