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Tekijä: Dagmara Dominczyk (Tekijä)

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:Includes an interview featuring Dagmara Dominczyk and Adriana Trigiani
A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not-quite-successful adult lives
 
/> Because of her father??s role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and her parents immigrate to the United States in the 1980s as political refugees from Poland. They settle in Brooklyn among immigrants of every stripe, yet Anna never quite feels that she belongs. But then, the summer she turns twelve, she is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother, and suddenly she experiences the shock of recognition. In her family??s hometown of Kielce, Anna develops intense friendships with two local girls??brash and beautiful Justyna and desperately awkward Kamila??and their bond is renewed every summer when Anna returns. The Lullaby of Polish Girls follows these three best friends from their early teenage years on the lookout for boys in Kielce??a town so rough its citizens are called ??the switchblades???to the loss of innocence that wrecks them, and the stunning murder that reaches across oceans to bring them back together after they??ve grown and long since left home.
 
Dagmara Dominczyk??s assured narrative flashes from the wild summers of the girls?? youth to their years of self-discovery in New York and Europe. Her writing is full of grit and guts, and her descriptions of the emotional experiences of her characters resonate with honesty. The Lullaby of Polish Girls captures the passion and drama of friendship, the immigrant??s yearning to be known, and the exquisite and wistful transformation of young women coming of age.
 
Praise for The Lullaby of Polish Girls
??A coming-of-age tale of three young Polish women [that is] brimming with teary epiphanies, betrayal and love, as well as the grit of both New York and Kielce. [It??s] Girls with a Polish accent.???The New York Times
??The Lullaby of Polish Girls will make you swoon. Dagmara Dominczyk has written a glorious debut novel inspired by her own emigration from Poland to Brooklyn with depth, intensity, humor, and grace.???Adriana Trigiani
??An ennui-stricken actress returns to the old country??and to the friends of her youth??in Dagmara Dominczyk??s The Lullaby of Polish Girls, in which solidarity is all about summer evenings under the stars with a vodka bottle and a radio playing ??Forever Young.?? ???Vogue
 
??Compelling . . . an original portrait of friendship and identity . . . Dominczyk uses a fresh, confident style.???People
 
??In this arresting debut novel, Polish American film and TV actress Dominczyk pays homage to her native city of Kielce while capturing the joys, insecurities, and struggles of three girlfriends coming of age. Spanning thirteen years, Dominczyk??s absorbing story is a triptych of tsknota (Polish for a kind of yearning) and a profound desire for acceptance, freedom, and home.???Booklist (starred review)
 
??The Lullaby of Polish Girls is sexy and sensitive, with a raw, openhearted center. Dominczyk??s love for her complicated characters is apparent from the first page to the last, and by the novel??s end the reader… (lisätietoja)
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Teoksen nimi:The Lullaby of Polish Girls: A Novel
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My first reaction was disappointment to see the book was so short because I assumed that there wouldn't be enough time to develop the characters sufficiently. I usually prefer much longer novels.

The image on the cover of 3 young girls at an "Alice in Wonderland" tea party was amusing and thought provoking. I wondered how that image tied into the story. I read the one page pronunciation guide to Polish - you'll need to keep that handy or skip all the Polish vocabulary.

Then I launched into the first chapter which is set in 2002. Each sub-section is devoted to one of the three girls - hmm, I wondered if one of them would become the primary protaganist. Chapter 2 - what? It's set in 1989.

Dagmara Dominczyk anchors her book in 2002, drops back to 1989 when the girls first met and then swings back to "present" again. Each time shift is shorter. It's a structure that could have been problematic, but it's executed very well. I was wrong assuming that good character development doesn't happen in such a short book - a good writer can do that and cover more than a decade of time as well.

Dagmara's three girls are likeable - but not all the time. Just like real people. The structure of the book shows how their lives connect, disconnect and reconnect. Just like some real-life friendships. Their life choices wouldn't have been mine, but I enjoyed seeing where those choices took them and how it affected future choices.

The book includes a study guide for book groups and this is a very good choice for book clubs. It will provide rich material for discussions. Please note that it contains much vulgar language and frank descriptions of sexual behavior (though not gratuitous in my opinion).

Full disclosure: I won this in a Goodreads giveaway. ( )
  TerryLewis | Jun 12, 2017 |
I really wanted to like this book chosen by my book group, because I’m not familiar with the Polish culture. However, after reading about 50 pages, I just couldn’t get past the particularly foul language and had to put the book down. I do not recommend this book. ( )
  JoStARs | Jun 14, 2014 |
Thank you Goodreads First Reads for the uncorrected proofs of this book!

If you do not like narratives that go back and forth in time, you will find this book hard to read.

This is not to say that Dominczyk doesn't do a good job. In fact, I would argue that, among all books that have a similar structure that I have read, she does a very good job of keeping the plot steadily chugging along. I had absolutely no trouble following characters through time. Although the book is relatively short, and there are three different characters with very different lives, and the book takes place in several different times and places, Dominczyk creates three young women who have depth, complicated identities, and real lives: Anna, the sensible idealist, Kamila the ugly duckling desperate for her childhood love's attentions, and Justyna, the loud-mouth know-it-all tough girl.

Perhaps what is most impressing about the novel is how well it captures the immigrant American identity with its many hues and versions. The homesickness, the childhood summers in the homeland that seem magical, the immigrant communities in New York, being an "American" in your homeland, yet a something else in America... And the distance time, life, and privilege can put between friends.

Recommended for those who grew up in the 80s and 90s, those who carried several identities, the generation 1.5 and 2 children, and those who like Polish food and Greenpoint! ( )
  bluepigeon | Dec 15, 2013 |
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This is the story of three Polish women who have been friends since their teenage years. Anna, Kamilla, and Justyna come from a small city in Poland. They spent their teenage years trying to attract boys. By early adulthood each has found herself in a state of crisis. Anna and Kamilla have come to the United States, and both have relationship problems. Justyna has remained in Poland. When Justyna's husband is murdered the crime will effect the lives of all three women.

This book touches on the discomfort and in-between nature of culture clash, generational conflicts, and the gender-specific limitations faced by young women. Ultimately there was nothing deep of life-changing about this book. It wasn't a bad read, and it retained my interest, but it had no lasting effect. ( )
  lahochstetler | Sep 23, 2013 |
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Dagmara Dominczyk’s The Lullaby of Polish Girls has a great title – one that enticed me to request it from the Early Reviewers Club. There doesn’t, however, seem to be a lullaby quality to the novel, nor references to lullabies – literal or figurative. I’m not sure why the author chose it. Nevertheless, I’m glad it got me to open the book.

The novel is told from three different character points of view, and in three different time lines.

Three Polish women have separate personal obstacles to their happiness. They all know each other, but were separated in their teenage years and are estranged through geographic distance, and lifestyle. The novel weaves in their separate stories, going back to when they were children and had first met each other, to when they were teenagers and young adults, up to the present.

The story ends with a poignant reunion, but not before each woman grows in strength to the point that they are able to solve their own immediate disasters.

I was really glad that the novel ended this way. It’s empowering to read that they all individually “fixed” themselves first before reuniting.

Yes, camaraderie is lovely, and being part of a community of friends is the only way I want to live my life, but knowing that each woman had personal strength and courage to make it by herself separate from her friends is important.

The characters were real. The author did a great job at separating them with distinctive voices. I did have trouble with the multiple time lines. Dominczyk was careful to identify in which year the setting was taking place, which town they’re in, and which character was speaking. But still I struggled with matching the adult characters with their adolescent counterparts. Was Anna, the adult, the one who did such-and-such when she was a teenager? Or was that Justyna?

I liked the interspersing of Polish words, even though I don’t know any Polish. It added flavor and color to scenes that might’ve sagged without it. I also got a kick out of knowing that anyone from Poland reading this would get extra pleasure, glee, and resonance from seeing those words.

Dagmara Dominczyk writes well and develops her characters with flaws and fears – just like real people. The Lullaby of Polish Girls is worth reading if you like family or friend dynamics, well-developed characters, Poland, or stories with unique time lines.

3 out of 5 stars; I liked this book, but probably won’t read it again. ( )
  ValerieOzgenc | Jul 23, 2013 |
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Fiction. Literature. HTML:Includes an interview featuring Dagmara Dominczyk and Adriana Trigiani
A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not-quite-successful adult lives
 
Because of her father??s role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and her parents immigrate to the United States in the 1980s as political refugees from Poland. They settle in Brooklyn among immigrants of every stripe, yet Anna never quite feels that she belongs. But then, the summer she turns twelve, she is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother, and suddenly she experiences the shock of recognition. In her family??s hometown of Kielce, Anna develops intense friendships with two local girls??brash and beautiful Justyna and desperately awkward Kamila??and their bond is renewed every summer when Anna returns. The Lullaby of Polish Girls follows these three best friends from their early teenage years on the lookout for boys in Kielce??a town so rough its citizens are called ??the switchblades???to the loss of innocence that wrecks them, and the stunning murder that reaches across oceans to bring them back together after they??ve grown and long since left home.
 
Dagmara Dominczyk??s assured narrative flashes from the wild summers of the girls?? youth to their years of self-discovery in New York and Europe. Her writing is full of grit and guts, and her descriptions of the emotional experiences of her characters resonate with honesty. The Lullaby of Polish Girls captures the passion and drama of friendship, the immigrant??s yearning to be known, and the exquisite and wistful transformation of young women coming of age.
 
Praise for The Lullaby of Polish Girls
??A coming-of-age tale of three young Polish women [that is] brimming with teary epiphanies, betrayal and love, as well as the grit of both New York and Kielce. [It??s] Girls with a Polish accent.???The New York Times
??The Lullaby of Polish Girls will make you swoon. Dagmara Dominczyk has written a glorious debut novel inspired by her own emigration from Poland to Brooklyn with depth, intensity, humor, and grace.???Adriana Trigiani
??An ennui-stricken actress returns to the old country??and to the friends of her youth??in Dagmara Dominczyk??s The Lullaby of Polish Girls, in which solidarity is all about summer evenings under the stars with a vodka bottle and a radio playing ??Forever Young.?? ???Vogue
 
??Compelling . . . an original portrait of friendship and identity . . . Dominczyk uses a fresh, confident style.???People
 
??In this arresting debut novel, Polish American film and TV actress Dominczyk pays homage to her native city of Kielce while capturing the joys, insecurities, and struggles of three girlfriends coming of age. Spanning thirteen years, Dominczyk??s absorbing story is a triptych of tsknota (Polish for a kind of yearning) and a profound desire for acceptance, freedom, and home.???Booklist (starred review)
 
??The Lullaby of Polish Girls is sexy and sensitive, with a raw, openhearted center. Dominczyk??s love for her complicated characters is apparent from the first page to the last, and by the novel??s end the reader

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