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থেকে Aubourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5, UK থেকে Aubourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5, UK

পাঠক থেকে Aubourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5, UK

থেকে Aubourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5, UK

a5762872479846

এই ব্যক্তির বেশ কয়েকটি বই পড়েছেন… একটি সারগ্রাহী মন বলতে গেলে কমপক্ষে প্রায়শই অবাক হন যে ‘এটি’ তাঁর মন থেকে আসে বা - জটিলতার মতো কাজগুলিতে - সে গবেষণা করে…

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It begins here: voice, the mix, telling it the way it is.

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I was given this book to read by a friend, and I have to admit that at first I cynically expected another in the "love- conquers- all-Oprahfied- Lifetime -Movie " genre. Happily I was proven wrong. This is a true story that takes place in the American South during World War II, when German U-boats patrolled the Gulf waters (a detail I did not know). I don't want to spoil it for any prospective reader but the way the story is told and the depiction of life in a small Southern seaside town during the war is extremely effective. Two people from widely disparate backgrounds meeting during wartime could have made for a horrendously cliched backstory but in this case it worked.