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James Franco recommended Gimme Shelter (1970) in Movies (curated)
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions in Books
Jan 3, 2018
A human portrait of child migrants
With the world being shaped by migration, this essay comes at a timely fashion. Exploring the nuances of this reality, Valeria Luiselli, a skilful and gifted Mexican writer knows the migratory experience first-hand having travelled across the globe. This compassionate, short book finds her in a head-on confrontation with daily reality.
Based on her experiences working as an interpreter for dozens of Central American child migrants, she speaks to those who risked their lives crossing Mexico to escape their fraught existence back home. To stay in the US, each must be vetted by the Citizenship and Immigration Services, a vast, impersonal bureaucracy. It's her job to help these kids, but in order to do so, they must answer 40 questions that will determine their fate.
The truth about the crossing may be much more brutal in reality, with 80% of women and girls who cross from Mexico to the US being raped, hence some of the children appear evasive when answering questions. But this book is fueled, in no small part, by Luiselli's bottles up shame and rage. She's aghast at the gap between American ideals and the way they actually treat undocumented children, yet her writing is measured and fair-minded.
Luiselli takes us inside the grand dream of migration, offering the valuable reminder that exceedingly few immigrants abandon their past and brave death to come to America for dark or nasty reasons. Fantastic read.
Based on her experiences working as an interpreter for dozens of Central American child migrants, she speaks to those who risked their lives crossing Mexico to escape their fraught existence back home. To stay in the US, each must be vetted by the Citizenship and Immigration Services, a vast, impersonal bureaucracy. It's her job to help these kids, but in order to do so, they must answer 40 questions that will determine their fate.
The truth about the crossing may be much more brutal in reality, with 80% of women and girls who cross from Mexico to the US being raped, hence some of the children appear evasive when answering questions. But this book is fueled, in no small part, by Luiselli's bottles up shame and rage. She's aghast at the gap between American ideals and the way they actually treat undocumented children, yet her writing is measured and fair-minded.
Luiselli takes us inside the grand dream of migration, offering the valuable reminder that exceedingly few immigrants abandon their past and brave death to come to America for dark or nasty reasons. Fantastic read.
Diego Luna recommended The Big Lebowski (1998) in Movies (curated)
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Secrets ( Destine Academy book 3) in Books
Jun 12, 2022
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Secrets ( Destine Academy book 3)
By Sara Snow
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After narrowly escaping death and finally unlocking her key, Caroline starts to feel as if she belongs at Destine Academy
...but she discovers that she has only just scratched the surface of the secrets that hold the key to finding her family in the third volume of the intriguing new Destine Academy series.
Sixteen-year-old Caroline is just starting to understand her new reality, a reality in which she finally unlocked her key, but is NO CLOSER to finding her missing mother and brother. With her Aunt Marguerite deliberately keeping her in the dark, Caroline must take matters into her own hands to find out all she can about Tempeste Barrere and the Entiere
I’m beginning to love this series! In such short space of time The author gets so much packed in. The story is heating up and the characters are really well written.
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Secrets ( Destine Academy book 3)
By Sara Snow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
After narrowly escaping death and finally unlocking her key, Caroline starts to feel as if she belongs at Destine Academy
...but she discovers that she has only just scratched the surface of the secrets that hold the key to finding her family in the third volume of the intriguing new Destine Academy series.
Sixteen-year-old Caroline is just starting to understand her new reality, a reality in which she finally unlocked her key, but is NO CLOSER to finding her missing mother and brother. With her Aunt Marguerite deliberately keeping her in the dark, Caroline must take matters into her own hands to find out all she can about Tempeste Barrere and the Entiere
I’m beginning to love this series! In such short space of time The author gets so much packed in. The story is heating up and the characters are really well written.
Dean (6925 KP) rated Three Kings (1999) in Movies
Mar 7, 2018
A decent action film set at the end of the Iraq war. Three soldiers learn the location of some stolen Kuwaiti gold and plan to help themselves. On their mission they encounter the harsh reality of the current state of the country.
It has a fine cast and is well made, without feeling like a hollywood blockbuster. It has the right mix of action and drama, even a bit of humour too.
It has a fine cast and is well made, without feeling like a hollywood blockbuster. It has the right mix of action and drama, even a bit of humour too.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated A Talent For Murder in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Polly Pepper has gotten a job on the next great reality show as a judge. But when another judge is murdered, Polly suddenly finds herself with a whole lot of suspects. The characters and plot are delightfully over the top in an "only in Hollywood" way. Wacky but lots of fun.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-talent-for-murder-by-r-t.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-talent-for-murder-by-r-t.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.