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The House At Sugar Beach (2008)

by Helene Cooper(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0743266242 (ISBN13: 9780743266246)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: Le Liberia, pays fonde par des anciens esclaves afro-américains affranchis (les Congos). Ceux ci avaient' tous les privilèges face aux indigènes divisés en plusieurs tribus. Une famille , les cooper's qui vivaient une vie très privilégiées avec domestiques, écoles américaines etc, se voit contrainte à l'exil après la guerre civile et ensuite les milices de Charles Taylor. La famille s'exile aux USA et perd tous les privilèges. Hélène Cooper's devient journaliste et après une blessure pdt la guerre d'Irak, elle retourne au Libéria après s'être totalement coupée de ses racines.
review 2: I'm pretty conflicted about this book. I think the subject matter is extremely interesting, but it seemed like the end really glossed over some pretty importan... moret themes - Helene's reunion/restarted relationship with Eunice and Helene's coming to terms with the effect of the coup on her life - without much resolution. In that way, the end of the book felt extremely anti-climactic and superficial to me. But perhaps that shouldn't be surprising, since Helene says throughout the book that she always dealt with the tough stuff in life by glossing over it and focusing on the superficial. The books really lacked emotional connection for me, overall. less

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