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Bitter Almonds (2013)

by Laurence Cossé(Favorite Author)

3.03 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1609450892 (ISBN13: 9781609450892)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Europa Editions

review 1: 'Liked this more than "A Novel Bookstore" by the same author, but this was such a sad, sad story about an older woman who never learned to read and how her Paris employer gallantly takes on the challenge. 'Don't want to give away too much but this is one of those tasks that typically doesn't end well b/c adult non-readers face such a challenge at this age. The ending was so sad; makes you grateful you learned to read as a child. The author really captures Paris well, as well as the lives of the well-to-do employer (who realizes she lives a comfortable life) and her employee (for whom nothing is easy).
review 2: A story I couldn't completely get excited about, as I got bored with the insular, spiral style of storytelling. The plot centered on repeated attempt... mores to reach out to teach someone with a western idea of education and share what literacy can mean within a culture that is foreign. It was meaningful subject and the social cultural awkwardness real. I will try this again when I am in a quieter reading mood. less

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