Jennifer Davis Carey
Auteur de Near The Hope
3 oeuvres 27 utilisateurs 11 critiques
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1920 (1)
A lire (5)
Amour (1)
Bahamas (1)
Barbade (2)
Courage (1)
Couture (1)
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Early Review (1)
Famille (1)
Family Series (2)
Femelle (1)
Fiction (1)
Fiction historique (1)
immigrants (1)
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Level B Reader (1)
Level C (1)
Level C Reader (1)
LTER (1)
New York (3)
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Orange Level C (1)
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Réalisme magique (1)
Usages et coutumes (1)
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Near The Hope par Jennifer Davis Carey
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
This is the inspiring story of a young woman who was born in Barbados to a family who, for many generations, has worked the fields and served in the home of wealthy landowners. Dellie moves to Brooklyn NY in search of a better life, only to find there are challenges and hardships in this strange and very different land. She realizes what she learned as a child from her Grandmother is the key to strengths she will need to get her through.
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Georgia.Bets | 10 autres critiques | Sep 5, 2014 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
Near the Hope by Jennifer Davis Carey is a story which celebrates the wonder of storytelling through the ages and shows how special the relationship can be between a young girl and a grandmother. The story is set early in the twentieth century and moves from Barbados, Dellie’s home land to New York where she goes to create a new future.
You feel the conflicting pull of family loyalty and personal growth and fulfillment that young people must face when striking out on their own successes and freedoms..
The struggles and challenges Dellie faces are not just hers as a dark skinned immigrant woman in a new country, but are experienced by most all of the immigrant groups. They grapple to find housing, food, fair pay and friendship and often find it with each other.
This historical fiction book was filled with information about the era, and brought to life the hardships and small celebrations of those who travel far to find freedom from servitude and to make a better life for themselves. I give this book a 3.5 star rating.… (plus d'informations)
½You feel the conflicting pull of family loyalty and personal growth and fulfillment that young people must face when striking out on their own successes and freedoms..
The struggles and challenges Dellie faces are not just hers as a dark skinned immigrant woman in a new country, but are experienced by most all of the immigrant groups. They grapple to find housing, food, fair pay and friendship and often find it with each other.
This historical fiction book was filled with information about the era, and brought to life the hardships and small celebrations of those who travel far to find freedom from servitude and to make a better life for themselves. I give this book a 3.5 star rating.… (plus d'informations)
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WeeziesBooks | 10 autres critiques | Jun 19, 2014 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
This story is set in the early years of the 20th century about a young woman from Barbados who follows her sister to New York City for a chance at a better life. She endures lost love and race/class struggles. Interesting insight into life in Barbados and early immigrant life in New York City. I learned from this book but felt more like I was being told about the protagonist's life rather than being able to live it through the author's eyes.
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BAP1012 | 10 autres critiques | Apr 14, 2014 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
I received this book from Library Thing for review. It's the story of a young woman who immigrated from Barbados in the early 1900's seeking a better life. Dellie makes it to New York and soon realizes that life is not much better in the U.S. Dellie works hard to better herself but is faced with many obstacles. I liked the book but didn't love it. The story just felt kind of stilted at times and wasn't a smooth read.
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pjhess | 10 autres critiques | Apr 14, 2014 | Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 27
- Popularité
- #483,027
- Évaluation
- ½ 3.6
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 3