M tries to find out what it means to a Muslim, devout or secular, in America
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army by Glen Craney is a historical fiction book telling the long forgotten story of the Bonus Army of World War I.
The novel explores the Holocaust from an original point of view and does not shy from addressing issues which are easy to gloss over
About: The Mastermind by David Unger is a novel about corruption and its toll on Guatemala. Mr. Unger, Guatemalan, writes in English but was still awarded Guatemala’s Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature for lifetime achievement in 2014. 320 pages Publisher: […]
We were “promised” some sort of magical “Disney happiness” which doesn’t exist, and never did. Happiness, for me, are the small things which happen daily – a smile from the wife, a hug from the kids, a strange giving a hand to another without an conditions..
The different points of view give the story a much wider view of the world and how little human kind has advanced
I found the book to be poignant and honest. The author reveals that the religion she loves, also symbolizes her family’s loss of another faith.
The advice is mostly conservative and sensible.Avoid excess, budget, don’t take on too much, or any, debt and, of course, live within your means.
The book is really a battle of wits between The Great Houdini and Margery, who despite their competition came to like one another (for a time).
There is a lot of information in this book, very insightful and sometimes dramatic, goes back and forth between policies, institutionalize racism and stories
