Published : 2021 || Format : print || Location : Colombia ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ What was it about the country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring alone there were four different school shootings. A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.. Thoughts : Infinite Country follows two characters - young Talia, who at the beginning of this book, escapes a girl’s reform school in North Colombia so that she can make her previously booked flight to the US. Before she can do that, she needs to travel many miles to reach her father and get her ticket to the rest of her family. As we follow Talia’s treacherous journey south, we learn about how she ended up in the reform school in the first place and why half her family resides in the US. Infinite Country tells the story of her family through the other protagonist, El
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A novel that is at once hilarious and heartrending, The Flying Troutmans is about a family on the verge of spinning off its axles and a road trip that just may keep it together.
When Hattie receives an SOS call in Paris from her eleven-year-old niece, the decision to return to Canada is slam-dunk easy, because she’s just been dumped by her boyfriend. But when she arrives back, her sister, Min, is on her way to the psychiatric ward, and Hattie is left to take care of Min’s children, Thebes and Logan. When she realizes that this may become a permanent arrangement, Hattie hatches a plan. Without much more than an old address to go on, the three of them set off on a wild road trip to find the kids’ long-lost father.
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Not the kind of book I would expect to be a 5-star read. But then, there's not any flaw in it, and its beauty lies in its simplicity.
Here's a group of freaks from page one to last page, come together to create a riotous comedy! I could so easily relate to every character in this book, because they seemed so dysfunctional that they appeared as normal as any of us. None of the characters are glossed over or passed around as "heroes" or as having mainly normal characteristics.
There's Thebie, who just keeps talking on and on, jumping from topic to topic rapidly. She is such a darling, and reminds me of any other 11-year old girl, who has an opinion on everything, reads a lot of things and insists on sharing that knowledge with people around her. She is a girl who immediately bonds with just about anyone.
Then there's Logan, the 15-year old boy who is always in the "wrong" crowd and then gets suspended from school. He doesn't want to be with his sister and aunt, and yet he wants to, as well. He wants to be like any normal teenager, with normal problems, with girlfriends, with lots of friends, and so on.
Then there's Hattie, who doesn't want to look after these kids, and all along convinces herself to give the kids to their father, but along the journey, she falls in love with the kids, and it's so touching when you notice that happening.
If I had to choose my favorite character here, I would say Thebie, but I definitely enjoyed the other two characters as well.
I truly enjoyed the ride the three undertook and all their problems and arguments and conversations. I totally recommend this book.
Comments
Here's mine:
http://laurel-rainsnowsaccidentallife.blogspot.com/2010/03/z-wednesday.html
Sounds like a great book. I'll have to check into this one. Have a great day!
Sherrie
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