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Ladataan... Miracle CreekTekijä: Angie Kim
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Meh. Not the best storyteller. ( ) I found this a disappointing read. I read the book because I read her 2nd novel, Happiness Falls. I liked that book a LOT better. At the heart this story was filled with unlikeable characters living unenviable lives. It was a sad story with everyone lying and ending up with sadness as a result. I stuck with it hoping it would be better. i knew early on who was involved in the crime... I liked but did not love this one. A courtroom drama with lots of twists and turns and so many possibilities of who actually committed the crime that I really didn't know until truth was revealed. Most of the characters grated on my nerves but I guess that's par for the course when you are faced with people in dire circumstances lying to protect themselves or their family. Suffered in comparison to hyped expectations. As I get older, it's harder to keep track of this many characters in an audio experience. Writing was okay, narrator, Jennifer Lim, was good. Some interesting ideas presented having to do with autism and people with physical and neuro challenges, and the people that love and care for them. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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'That wonderful, brilliant sort of book you want to shove at people as soon as you've finished so they can experience it for themselves' Erin MorgensternWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHORA thrilling debut novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng about how far we'll go to protect our families - and our deepest secretsMy husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn't even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . .In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine - a pressurised oxygen chamber that patients enter for "dives", used as an alternative therapy for conditions including autism and infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos' small community.Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day but was smoking down by the creek? Or was it Young and Pak themselves, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? The ensuing trial uncovers unimaginable secrets from that night?trysts in the woods, mysterious notes, child-abuse charges?as well as tense rivalries and alliances among a group of people driven to extraordinary degrees of desperation and sacrifice.Angie Kim's Miracle Creek is a thoroughly contemporary take on the courtroom drama, drawing on the author's own life as a Korean immigrant, former trial lawyer, and mother of a real-life "submarine" patient. Both a compelling page-turner and an excavation of identity and the desire for connection, Miracle Creek is a brilliant, empathetic debut from an exciting new voice. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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