Alison McQueen
Auteur de Under the Jewelled Sky
A propos de l'auteur
Alison McQueen is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University.
Œuvres de Alison McQueen
The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France (2003) 6 exemplaires
Nineteenth-Century Art: Highlights from the Tanenbaum Collection At the Art Gallery of Hamilton (2015) 3 exemplaires
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 125
- Popularité
- #160,151
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 24
- Langues
- 1
What to say about this book, what will I remember from it. Well, it made me cry. I can't even remember when a book last made me cry, maybe it happens once a year. It's a good thing, this book truly made me feel. It's a bad thing, omg it made me cry, it was sad! Why!? It broke my heart.
But before that happened a lot of other things happened. Sophie was kind of quiet, first she followed her parents and then her husband. First in the end she followed herself. This was her journey and I am glad she found courage in the end. True courage.
Some things happen that I wont get into too, spoilers. But now (-57) and then (-47) comes together.
Just as it is Sophie's story it is also a story about India. We see how India is formed, and broken apart. Hindu and Muslim countries, there is kidnappings, rape, murder, families torn apart. It was not a pretty break.
An interesting story.… (plus d'informations)