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Chargement... Leave of Absence (édition 2014)par Tom Milton
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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. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. This book is a good read. Interesting characters and the story while it starts out a little slow the pace gets better as it progresses. And the ending is right for this book. Overall it's a interesting story.Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. This is a LibraryThing Member Giveaway review.Milton provides a thoughtful novel with likeable characters, a warm setting, and dramatic tension. You begin to feel for the characters and are enchanted as the story goes on. Ronan’s story is gradually revealed as to why he has taken a leave of absence and the story begins to heat up as the story comes to mesh. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. I appreciated that this book infused some Spanish, but that it was not overwhelming. I did look up most of the phrases, but I easily could have read it without doing so and gotten the gist of what was being presented. It's not as filled with such phrases as Junot Diaz's works...so don't worry! I liked the story line and the ending was a nice surprise. I wasn't so much into the dialogue. It seemed a little stilted at times and/or repetitive. Overall, nice job!aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Ronan Byrne has taken a leave of absence from his profession and has come to the Dominican Republic, where instead of finding peace in the coast town of Santa Cruz he gets involved in conflicts over issues of social justice. Instead of just hanging out with the expatriates who sit around all day a beach bar drinking and talking and doing nothing, he develops relationships with two activities women: Dara, a doctor whose mission is to stop a foreign-owned power plant from killing children in the barrio with its unfiltered smoke, and Filo, a social worker whose mission is to stop sex tourism in the town and rehabilitate its victims. While they pursue their missions with nonviolent methods, the Cobras, a band of guerrillas, selectively kill the men they blame for the deaths of people who were victims of injustice. As the two women become frustrated in their efforts to get the government to take legal action against the power plant and the local sex-tourist hotel, they begin to wonder if the Cobras have the right idea, and if violence is the only way to achieve their goals. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyÉvaluationMoyenne:
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The characters dialogue is straight forward and interesting.
This book deals with serious moral and social issues. It is enlightening, thought provoking and well told. It is well worth reading. ( )