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Chargement... A Race to Splendorpar Ciji Ware
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A compelling story with a strong woman architect as the main character, and lots of drama around the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. ( ) When I read the initial review of "Race to Esplendor" I found it very appealing. I new almost nothing of the San Francisco earthquake, and nothing at all about the first women engineers in the US. The first part of "Esplendor" lived up to my expectations. The portraits of life and society in San Francisco at the time are vivid and detailed. The descriptions of the changing building techniques seem acurate and are also understandable to the lay reader. My attention started to waver in the second half of the book, when the focus changed from the building efforts in the two hotels to the convolutions of the love story between the main characters. If I want to know about twisting love stories, and feminine fears, I can go for a coffee with my girl friends; and probably would have more fun. An engrossing read about a female architect in the aftermath of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake. Amelia Bradshaw, still bitter over the family hotel her father lost in a poker game, reluctantly partners with J.D. Thayer to rebuild the Bay View Hotel. These two rivals meet a number of obstacles along the way and eventually develop feelings for each other. A fun read, definitely recommended for fans of historical fiction. A RACE TO SPLENDOR by Ciji Ware is another interesting historical fiction set in 1906 San Francisco. It is written with depth and details.It has the earthquake of 1906, rebuildinglives,corruption,splendor,power,fortune,tragedy,rivalry,heartache,intrigue,andrebuilding a city from ashes to splendor. This is the the story of two women,the destruction and rebuilding of San Francisco,and the people whose lives where changed forever. History and fiction is interwined to create an interesting and compelling story ofSan Francisco in 1906,its people,their truimphs and their tragedies.If you enjoy history,facts,and the people of this era you will enjoy this story.This book was received for the purpose of review from the publisher.Details can be found at Sourcebooks,Landmark,a division of Sourcebooks,Inc.and My Book Addiction Reviews. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: "Blindly, she inched along a floor pitching as violently as the deck of a boat in a midwinter storm. Her hands touched the threshold opening onto the ninth floor foyer at the instant the glass transom over her head exploded into a thousand pieces. Reflexively, Amelia cast her right arm in front of her face, but not before blood spurted from her scalp and ran down her checks. She crumpled beneath the doorframe, curling into a ball. Amelia screamed again as a twenty-five-foot expanse of wood paneling and masonry pitched outward and plunged nine stories to Montgomery Street below. She knew that no structure on landfill, no matter how well built, could withstand much more shaking without collapsing. Then, just as suddenly, the convulsions subsided." Early in 1906, the ground in San Francisco shook buildings and lives from their comfortable foundations. Amidst rubble, corruption, and deceit, two womenâ??young architects in a city and field ruled by menâ??find themselves racing the clock and each other during the rebuilding of competing hotels in the City by the Bay. Based on meticulous research, A Race to Splendor tells the story of the audacious people of one of the world's great cities rebuilding and reinventing themselves after immense human tragedy. Filled with courage, passion, and conflict, Amelia Bradshaw's spirit will capture your imagination as she strives to redraft her life amidst the ruins with both help and hindrance from a wayward son of privilege who pulls her into worlds she'd never have known Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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