Giữa Dòng Chảy Lạc - Tái bản 24/03/2015 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Ananta Dianti anantadianti — Given to me by a Book Club friend whose taste in books is one I respect. This is somewhat of a soap opera about a Korean immigrant family living in a poor suburb of NYC. The parents struggle to send their 2 daughters to college & then the father throws the elder daughter out when she resists the usual Manhattan investment banker career track after graduating from Princeton. Lots of drama along the way - parental abuse, homelessness, eviction, casual sex, abortion, unplanned pregnancy, miscarriage, adultery, infidelity, gambling, credit card debt etc, etc. Basically it's an indictment of the fast track lifestyle of the stereotypical Manhattanite who works hard, plays hard & makes & spends lots of money. Every character is flawed to some extent - even the virtuous fail through being too long suffering. The author loves Middlemarch by George Eliot & the main character reads & rereads this book in the novel. However, I am a big fan of Eliot's work & this fails to live up to that lofty standard. It is an entertaining book & gives an interesting insight into the experience of some Korean families, starting with the tragedy of a divided country, immigration, hard work with varying success & the keeping of old traditions in a new country. There is even a significant church episode involving the mother & a new choir director. Enjoyable, soap opera like, but with greater depth. You really do care when various characters finally work out what they want & try to live their lives accordingly. The need for large sums of money drives everything!

Serena Contarini _o_e — Imagine the semi-abstract concept of television personfified as sentient being. Now imagine having a conversation with said entity via lucille ball.

Kaos Concept kaosconcept — Funny story about the girl, Nancy, who gets very excited when she sees a new boy in her class who is from Paris. She uses her manners and knowledge of French words to be a good friend to him. I like the twist in the story, the boy is actually not form Paris, France, he is from Paris, Texas.

Tesfa G tesfage124 — One of the best books of all time!