Category: Mexico

Mexico, North America

The Hummingbird’s Daughter

“The Hummingbird’s Daughter” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mexico) One of Nicola’s 100 Best Books for Inspiration in the 21st century! Review This book was one of the four selected titles for our Summer Reading Group 2006 Nicola was the only one to have read “The Hummingbird’s Daughter” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mexico)! She has chosen it as her Coup de Cœur Summer 2006, since she feels that … Continue reading The Hummingbird’s Daughter

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Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, United Kingdom, world literature

Best Summer Read 2006 – The Harmony Silk Factory

Members of the Summer Reading Group enjoyed the selection of books this year, though most did not manage to read all five (on average they read four)! They voted “The Harmony Silk Factory” by Tash Aw the Best Summer Read 2006. The story has three parts with three different narrators and members enjoyed the suspense the author manages to build up in the first two … Continue reading Best Summer Read 2006 – The Harmony Silk Factory

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