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Guests | May 2, 2012

Julia Alvarez: IMG Chichiguas



I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of... Continue »
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    A Wedding in Haiti

    Julia Alvarez 9781616201302

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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge

bess, January 3, 2012

I love the way this book, a collection of short stories, brings together many aspects of the main character's life. It is not a summation of her life, but it gradually illuminates and reveals her nature. I think it is so true that many of us are not just one idea or one personality, but we are complex and the result of a whole lifetime of past experiences. No person can be easily characterized.
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