Not Her Gargoyle (Not This Series Book 5)
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Ruby is done with jerks, dead-end jobs, and eviction notices. Everyone else she knows is finding...
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Mindfulness For Students
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Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel...
Playing with Phosphenes
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There are many things that can capture the heart. The question is: Have you been paying attention? ...
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The Rubicon Method: Overcome Procrastination
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Procrastination is one of the greatest problems of our times, where otherwise brilliant and capable...
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Conviction in Books
Jun 11, 2023
Neve is a top lawyer so when she is handed the case of defending Wade Darling after his original barrister jumped in front of a train, she sees the opportunities open before her to make her name as a top barrister. Unfortunately, she has a secret that she is desperate to keep hidden but someone knows and threatens to reveal it if she doesn't lose the trial. What should she do? Throw the trial and destroy herself or defend her client to the best of her ability and threaten not only herself but those she loves?
Conviction is a rollercoaster of a ride that builds and builds with tension, full of twists and turns that had me hanging on every page not knowing what was going to happen next. Full of great characters and written at a fast pace, I would recommend to lovers of great thrillers and courtroom dramas.
Definitely one of my reads of 2023 and thanks must go to Simon & Schuster UK and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of Conviction.
New Orleans: Garden City Extraordinaire
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Sometimes, the vocation of a place is hard to understand. New Orleans, like Venice, is built in a...
Climate Change, Security Risks, and Conflict Reduction in Africa: A Case Study of Farmer-Herder Conflicts Over Natural Resources in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Burkina Faso (1960-2000): 2016
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Millions of people are already affected by weather-related shocks every year in West Africa and...
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis in Books
Oct 22, 2017
Without attributing the 2016 election results to Vance and his family himself, the author paints a picture of a total disconnect between establishments and white working class voters. From education, to opportunities in climbing the social ladder, Vance can be seen as an exception due to the lack of outreach from these institutions.
His story can appear both depressing and uplifting at the same time. From experiencing trauma through a broken home, poverty, and an abusive addict mother, to having supportive grandparents who are able to push him into believing in himself. Vance breaks the mould eventually studying at Yale and becoming a venture capitalist. But his doubts in himself are ever present.
Vance, however, also blames 'hillbilly' culture and it's encouragement of social rot. Likewise, he recounts stories about lack of work ethic, and the notion of blaming others for their own misfortune. It highlights the need for stability in families in order for upward mobility.
It is a raw, emotional portrait of growing up in and eventually out of a poor rural community riddled by drug addiction and volatility.