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螤苇蟻伪 伪蟺' 蟿慰谓 蠂蔚喂渭蠋谓伪
螘委谓伪喂 蠂蔚喂渭蠋谓伪蟼 蟽蟿慰 螠蟺蟻慰蠉魏位喂谓. 螚 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 胃蠉蔚位位伪 蟿蠅谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委蠅谓 蔚蟿蠋谓 蟽伪蟻蠋谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏. 危蟿慰谓 蠂喂慰谓喂蟽渭苇谓慰 未蟻蠈渭慰, 慰 巍委蟿蟽伪蟻谓蟿 螠蟺维慰蠀渭伪蟽蟿蔚蟻, 苇谓伪蟼 渭慰谓伪蠂喂魏蠈蟼 蔚尉畏谓蟿维蟻畏蟼 魏伪胃畏纬畏蟿萎蟼, 蟿蟻伪魏维蟻蔚喂 蔚位伪蠁蟻维 蟿畏 谓蔚伪蟻萎 螆尾蔚位喂谓 螣蟻蟿苇纬伪. 韦委蟺慰蟿蔚 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻慰 鈥� 渭蠈谓慰 蟺慰蠀, 位委纬蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 伪蟻纬蠈蟿蔚蟻伪, 蟿畏 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 苇魏蟺位畏魏蟿蠈蟼 谓伪 蟽蟿苇魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 魏伪蟿蠋蠁位喂 蟿慰蠀. 螚 螆尾蔚位喂谓, 蟺伪蟻维谓慰渭畏 渭蔚蟿伪谓维蟽蟿蟻喂伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 螕慰蠀伪蟿蔚渭维位伪, 未蔚委蠂谓蔚喂 蟿伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓畏 魏伪喂 未蔚 渭喂位维蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉. 螣 巍委蟿蟽伪蟻谓蟿 魏伪位蔚委 蟿畏 纬蔚喂蟿蠈谓喂蟽蟽维 蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏 螞慰蠀蟽委伪, 谓伪 蟿慰谓 尾慰畏胃萎蟽蔚喂 谓伪 尾纬维位蔚喂 维魏蟻畏. 螒位位维 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰蔚蟿慰喂渭伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺蔚喂 畏 螆尾蔚位喂谓鈥�
危蔚 渭喂伪 蟺蠈位畏 胃伪渭渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿慰 蠂喂蠈谓喂, 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 苇蟻蠂慰谓蟿伪喂 魏慰谓蟿维 渭蔚 伪蟺蟻蠈尾位蔚蟺蟿慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰. 螠苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 位委纬蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼, 伪谓胃委味慰蠀谓 伪谓维渭蔚蟽维 蟿慰蠀蟼 畏 蟽蠀渭蟺蠈谓喂伪, 畏 伪位位畏位蔚纬纬蠉畏, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏喂 苇谓伪蟼 苇蟻蠅蟿伪蟼, 胃蠀渭委味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺蠅蟼, 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 蟿慰蠀 蠂蔚喂渭蠋谓伪, 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 谓伪 蠁蠀位维蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽慰蠀 苇谓伪 伪谓委魏畏蟿慰 魏伪位慰魏伪委蟻喂鈥�
危蔚 渭喂伪 蟺蠈位畏 胃伪渭渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿慰 蠂喂蠈谓喂, 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 苇蟻蠂慰谓蟿伪喂 魏慰谓蟿维 渭蔚 伪蟺蟻蠈尾位蔚蟺蟿慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰. 螠苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 位委纬蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼, 伪谓胃委味慰蠀谓 伪谓维渭蔚蟽维 蟿慰蠀蟼 畏 蟽蠀渭蟺蠈谓喂伪, 畏 伪位位畏位蔚纬纬蠉畏, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏喂 苇谓伪蟼 苇蟻蠅蟿伪蟼, 胃蠀渭委味慰谓蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺蠅蟼, 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 蟿慰蠀 蠂蔚喂渭蠋谓伪, 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 谓伪 蠁蠀位维蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽慰蠀 苇谓伪 伪谓委魏畏蟿慰 魏伪位慰魏伪委蟻喂鈥�
368 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2017
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Isabel Allende
227听books42.9k听followersIsabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. She currently resides in California with her husband. Allende adopted U.S. citizenship in 2003.
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August 27, 2017
Smiling ear-to-ear!!!!! Awwwwww that was fun!!!
Isabel Allende - "QUEEN OF STORYTELLING"....born into a Chilean family - blends many of my favorite topics in this story .....
.......love, aging, pessimism, optimism, humor, seriousness ( political - social issues), history and personal background stories taking place in some of the most fascinating places on earth: Brooklyn, Brazil, Guatemala, Canada, and Chile,
.......chaos & drama, great chemistry between her characters, atrocious weather, ( challenges with the elements), fleas, ulcers, food poisoning, mystery of a dead body found in the trunk of a car, Magic Brownies, adventure trip with friends, crappy hotel, moose shit, and a chihuahua named Marcelo.
Richard Bownaster, is a human rights scholar at NYU. He lives in Prospect Heights. Lucia Maraz is his tenant - living in the basement -from Chile- a visiting professor teaching Latin American and Caribbean studies. Her one daughter, Daniela, lives in Miami. Richard is her boss.
Both Richard and Lucia have experienced the joys and failures, loss and grief of life. They aren't young puppies. They are in their 60's.
Richard has been living like a hermit.....he takes green pills for anxiety- is a vegetarian- stays away from gluten- has 4 cats ( their purpose is to digest the rodents), has stomach problems, and lives in a controlled careful environment.
Lucia might be close in age as Richard - also experienced loss and grief - failures and hurts - but she's clear she still wants to live passionately while aging...as much as possible. She's bright -outspoken -seductive- sensual - with contagious energy.
Evelyn is a very small thin young woman......a nanny for a young boy name Frankie with multiple sclerosis - also a diabetic. Her employers- Cheryl and Leroy have marital problems.
Evelyn is undocumented.
The weather was cold - windy - the road was icy.....when Evelyn takes Leroy's Lexus without permission to the drugstore--( Leroy - her boss -was out of town).
After the minor car accident.....an engaging, sometimes whimsical, adventurous enjoyable story, takes place between three memorable characters: Richard, Lucia. and Evelyn. ...... a little love touches your heart too!
I HAD A BLAST READING THIS STORY!!!! When's the movie coming out?
Thank You Atria Books, Netgalley, and Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende - "QUEEN OF STORYTELLING"....born into a Chilean family - blends many of my favorite topics in this story .....
.......love, aging, pessimism, optimism, humor, seriousness ( political - social issues), history and personal background stories taking place in some of the most fascinating places on earth: Brooklyn, Brazil, Guatemala, Canada, and Chile,
.......chaos & drama, great chemistry between her characters, atrocious weather, ( challenges with the elements), fleas, ulcers, food poisoning, mystery of a dead body found in the trunk of a car, Magic Brownies, adventure trip with friends, crappy hotel, moose shit, and a chihuahua named Marcelo.
Richard Bownaster, is a human rights scholar at NYU. He lives in Prospect Heights. Lucia Maraz is his tenant - living in the basement -from Chile- a visiting professor teaching Latin American and Caribbean studies. Her one daughter, Daniela, lives in Miami. Richard is her boss.
Both Richard and Lucia have experienced the joys and failures, loss and grief of life. They aren't young puppies. They are in their 60's.
Richard has been living like a hermit.....he takes green pills for anxiety- is a vegetarian- stays away from gluten- has 4 cats ( their purpose is to digest the rodents), has stomach problems, and lives in a controlled careful environment.
Lucia might be close in age as Richard - also experienced loss and grief - failures and hurts - but she's clear she still wants to live passionately while aging...as much as possible. She's bright -outspoken -seductive- sensual - with contagious energy.
Evelyn is a very small thin young woman......a nanny for a young boy name Frankie with multiple sclerosis - also a diabetic. Her employers- Cheryl and Leroy have marital problems.
Evelyn is undocumented.
The weather was cold - windy - the road was icy.....when Evelyn takes Leroy's Lexus without permission to the drugstore--( Leroy - her boss -was out of town).
After the minor car accident.....an engaging, sometimes whimsical, adventurous enjoyable story, takes place between three memorable characters: Richard, Lucia. and Evelyn. ...... a little love touches your heart too!
I HAD A BLAST READING THIS STORY!!!! When's the movie coming out?
Thank You Atria Books, Netgalley, and Isabel Allende
September 7, 2017
I'm a fan of several of Allende's earlier books and this one seemed so promising at the start . Two fascinating, heartbreaking stories of Lucia and Evelyn both making their way to the US from horrific circumstances from two different places and two different times. They become connected through Richard whose story was intriguing and heartbreaking in its own right.
Richard is a university professor, landlord, acquaintance, and employer of Lucia , originally from Chili and a visiting lecturer. Evelyn is a young woman from Guatemala working as a Nanny. Their three lives converge when during an awful snow storm in Brooklyn, Richard's car hits the car that Evelyn is driving. It is when the three of them are together that we get the stories of their pasts. I really liked each of these characters, and was taken by their experiences, but what didn't work for me was the present circumstances that keep these three characters connected over the course of several days. That part of the narrative just felt contrived and in some way it took away from the importance and gravity of the issues covered here - the horrible experiences of Evelyn in fleeing poverty and drugs and gang violence in Guatemala. Her story as a refugee was so relevant, and I was most drawn in to what happened with her. Lucia, too had a tough life with precarious political situations in Chili.
I can't give it more than three stars because of the thing I couldn't quite buy which made this a little disappointing. Thanks once again to Esil and Diane whose thoughts on the books we've read together are so much appreciated, as well as the ones we don't read together.
I received an advanced copy of this book from Atria through NetGalley.
Richard is a university professor, landlord, acquaintance, and employer of Lucia , originally from Chili and a visiting lecturer. Evelyn is a young woman from Guatemala working as a Nanny. Their three lives converge when during an awful snow storm in Brooklyn, Richard's car hits the car that Evelyn is driving. It is when the three of them are together that we get the stories of their pasts. I really liked each of these characters, and was taken by their experiences, but what didn't work for me was the present circumstances that keep these three characters connected over the course of several days. That part of the narrative just felt contrived and in some way it took away from the importance and gravity of the issues covered here - the horrible experiences of Evelyn in fleeing poverty and drugs and gang violence in Guatemala. Her story as a refugee was so relevant, and I was most drawn in to what happened with her. Lucia, too had a tough life with precarious political situations in Chili.
I can't give it more than three stars because of the thing I couldn't quite buy which made this a little disappointing. Thanks once again to Esil and Diane whose thoughts on the books we've read together are so much appreciated, as well as the ones we don't read together.
I received an advanced copy of this book from Atria through NetGalley.
November 9, 2017
Isabel Allende has been a favorite author of mine since I read her House of the Spirits for the first time when I was in high school. Allende will always hold a special place in my heart because with her magical realism brand of writing, I gained entry into the world of Hispanic women writers, and have been Latin America and its writers ever since. Having read many of Allende's novels and memoirs at this point, I always find myself captivated by her writing, immersing myself in the novel for many hours until completion. It came as no surprise that when my library finally had a copy of her newest novel In the Midst of Winter that I wanted to read the book in one sitting, as I have with her other novels in the past. Even though this is a contemporary rather than historical novel and does not contain much of Allende's trademark magical realism, In the Midst of Winter shows how Allende's writing has evolved over the years and ended up being a treat to read.
Allende always begins writing her novels on January 8, the anniversary of the day her daughter Paula slipped into a coma. She began this practice as a means of writing a letter to Paula and has continued to use this date as a point of entry for her books for the past thirty five years. By 2015 and a lifetime of writing and adventures, it almost seemed as though Allende had run out of stories to tell, that is until she met her son and some friends for coffee on New Years Day and together pieced together ideas that would become the basis of this book. Crowdsourcing is a vital part of 21st century living, and it is amusing to see that Allende has adapted to the times, especially with the longevity gene in her family. She cites her son's generation as being crucial in coming up with the story surrounding this book, and, after forming the general ideas, also includes elements from her own family history, as she has in many of her past novels. While not a historical fiction novel, In the Midst of Winter does feature in some of the Allende stories I have become familiar with over the years, while also noting current events that will contain to dominate headlines in the years to come.
In the Midst of Winter takes place during winter storm Jonas and brings together three diverse people as together they cope with personal and external tragedies. New York University adjunct professor Richard Bowmaster takes an emergency trip to the veterinarian and upon returning to his Brooklyn apartment dents the car of Evelyn Ortega, a twentysomething undocumented worker from Guatemala. Assisting Ortega in getting out of harm's way, Bowmaster requires the assistance of his tenant, visiting professor Lucia Maraz. All three protagonists have known their fair share of loss and tragedy in their lives, and, as they wait out the storm, they begin to tell each other their life stories. Ortega came to the United States to escape the violence of the MS-13 gang as well as the extreme poverty that defines day to day life in their countries. Bowmaster and Maraz are both approaching their older age and have suffered from marriages devoid of love as well as personal illness and death of close family members. Even though Maraz only came to New York on a one year commitment, proximity to Bowmaster factored into her decision. Mirroring her own later in life relationships, Allende weaves the romantic interest between Maraz and Bowmaster into other plot lines that all appear to be ripped from the headlines.
While Allende can employ magical realism with the best of authors, she has also brought many critical issues to readers attention through her writing. Even if one does not agree with her politically, she leaves her readers more informed on various issues than they have been before reading her novels. From reading her early work, I am familiar with the turmoil in Chile that lead to the military coup d'茅tat, which overthrew her uncle's government in 1973, leading to her family seeking political refuge. In the Midst of Winter discusses current events such as immigration, which will always remain a hot button issue; human trafficking; rights of the disabled to be treated as whole people; and the aging of the baby boom generation. As the protagonists tell each other their life stories, it almost appears as though Allende tried to do too much with this novel. She introduces a large peripheral cast of characters, and some, including Maraz' daughter Daniela and Bowmaster's father Joseph appear multilayered but do not receive much space within the pages. As I familiar with Allende's books, the plot also seemed to be heading toward a predictable finish, yet one I was still intrigued to read.
As this is a novel, Allende was able to tie up all her loose ends neatly upon the book's conclusion. With little magical realism and an informative yet predictable story, I was not as mesmerized here as I have been with her earlier novels. No one author is going to produce a masterpiece with each book; however, as Allende ages and writes more about current events and less about the magical realism which shaped her past, I find myself reading her novels more for posterity and less because I am captivated by the writing. I hope that before she retires completely to her house of the spirits that Allende has at least one more sweeping historical epic left in her. That is Allende at her best, and the author that made me into a lifelong lover of Hispanic magical realism.
3.5 stars
Allende always begins writing her novels on January 8, the anniversary of the day her daughter Paula slipped into a coma. She began this practice as a means of writing a letter to Paula and has continued to use this date as a point of entry for her books for the past thirty five years. By 2015 and a lifetime of writing and adventures, it almost seemed as though Allende had run out of stories to tell, that is until she met her son and some friends for coffee on New Years Day and together pieced together ideas that would become the basis of this book. Crowdsourcing is a vital part of 21st century living, and it is amusing to see that Allende has adapted to the times, especially with the longevity gene in her family. She cites her son's generation as being crucial in coming up with the story surrounding this book, and, after forming the general ideas, also includes elements from her own family history, as she has in many of her past novels. While not a historical fiction novel, In the Midst of Winter does feature in some of the Allende stories I have become familiar with over the years, while also noting current events that will contain to dominate headlines in the years to come.
In the Midst of Winter takes place during winter storm Jonas and brings together three diverse people as together they cope with personal and external tragedies. New York University adjunct professor Richard Bowmaster takes an emergency trip to the veterinarian and upon returning to his Brooklyn apartment dents the car of Evelyn Ortega, a twentysomething undocumented worker from Guatemala. Assisting Ortega in getting out of harm's way, Bowmaster requires the assistance of his tenant, visiting professor Lucia Maraz. All three protagonists have known their fair share of loss and tragedy in their lives, and, as they wait out the storm, they begin to tell each other their life stories. Ortega came to the United States to escape the violence of the MS-13 gang as well as the extreme poverty that defines day to day life in their countries. Bowmaster and Maraz are both approaching their older age and have suffered from marriages devoid of love as well as personal illness and death of close family members. Even though Maraz only came to New York on a one year commitment, proximity to Bowmaster factored into her decision. Mirroring her own later in life relationships, Allende weaves the romantic interest between Maraz and Bowmaster into other plot lines that all appear to be ripped from the headlines.
While Allende can employ magical realism with the best of authors, she has also brought many critical issues to readers attention through her writing. Even if one does not agree with her politically, she leaves her readers more informed on various issues than they have been before reading her novels. From reading her early work, I am familiar with the turmoil in Chile that lead to the military coup d'茅tat, which overthrew her uncle's government in 1973, leading to her family seeking political refuge. In the Midst of Winter discusses current events such as immigration, which will always remain a hot button issue; human trafficking; rights of the disabled to be treated as whole people; and the aging of the baby boom generation. As the protagonists tell each other their life stories, it almost appears as though Allende tried to do too much with this novel. She introduces a large peripheral cast of characters, and some, including Maraz' daughter Daniela and Bowmaster's father Joseph appear multilayered but do not receive much space within the pages. As I familiar with Allende's books, the plot also seemed to be heading toward a predictable finish, yet one I was still intrigued to read.
As this is a novel, Allende was able to tie up all her loose ends neatly upon the book's conclusion. With little magical realism and an informative yet predictable story, I was not as mesmerized here as I have been with her earlier novels. No one author is going to produce a masterpiece with each book; however, as Allende ages and writes more about current events and less about the magical realism which shaped her past, I find myself reading her novels more for posterity and less because I am captivated by the writing. I hope that before she retires completely to her house of the spirits that Allende has at least one more sweeping historical epic left in her. That is Allende at her best, and the author that made me into a lifelong lover of Hispanic magical realism.
3.5 stars
June 19, 2020
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" 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮賸丕 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻購亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷賾".
鬲賲鬲.
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" 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮賸丕 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻購亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷賾".
鬲賲鬲.
September 7, 2017
This was the monthly buddy read between Angela,Esil and I. I love many of the books this author has written, although I thought her earlier novels were the most powerful. The first few chapters of this one are meant to familiarize the reader with the characters. Then we started exploring their back stories,and at first I thought this might be her most powerful book yet. Unfortunately didn't feel that way the end. She introduced something that seemed like a gimmicky artifice to me.
I asked myself why she told the story in this way? Why another body? All I can think is that she was trying to include interludes between the back stories. Quite frankly I think she included too much, too much grimness, too much sorrow. Why do we have to learn everyone's back stories, Evelyn's employees horrible story. Why to explain the body of course. I think any one of these individuals could have made their own story, their own book.
The writing is wonderful, I even liked the characters, how could you not. But it lacks cohesiveness, taken as a whole it is overkill. The few places where humor is displayed, the old dog, the moose, is only a small relief for which is a terribly sad story of a group of people who have suffered greatly.
Also, I am getting a little tired of all these so called timely novels, about refugees, not that I am unsympathetic, but the theme has been way overdone. Think how many we have read lately, Exit West, Salt house, the authors are even putting this subject in their mystery novels.
Will probably also rate three just for the writing, but I am very disappointed. I'm sure many will have a different opinion, and as I said it could be the surfeit of refugee/immigrant writing out there. Have just read too many lately, but really I think even if that was not the case, my opinion would be little changed.
ARC from Netgalley.
I asked myself why she told the story in this way? Why another body? All I can think is that she was trying to include interludes between the back stories. Quite frankly I think she included too much, too much grimness, too much sorrow. Why do we have to learn everyone's back stories, Evelyn's employees horrible story. Why to explain the body of course. I think any one of these individuals could have made their own story, their own book.
The writing is wonderful, I even liked the characters, how could you not. But it lacks cohesiveness, taken as a whole it is overkill. The few places where humor is displayed, the old dog, the moose, is only a small relief for which is a terribly sad story of a group of people who have suffered greatly.
Also, I am getting a little tired of all these so called timely novels, about refugees, not that I am unsympathetic, but the theme has been way overdone. Think how many we have read lately, Exit West, Salt house, the authors are even putting this subject in their mystery novels.
Will probably also rate three just for the writing, but I am very disappointed. I'm sure many will have a different opinion, and as I said it could be the surfeit of refugee/immigrant writing out there. Have just read too many lately, but really I think even if that was not the case, my opinion would be little changed.
ARC from Netgalley.
September 7, 2017
It's frustrating to read a book that feels like it could be so much better. Isabel Allende's latest book, In The Midst Of Winter, has a lot of promise but as it turns out I felt like it delivered a fairly disjointed uneven narrative. Lucia is a 62 year old Chilean, living temporarily in New York. Richard is Lucia's landlord, and he had lived for many years in Brazil. Evelyn is from Guatemala. One stormy night, Lucia, Richard and Evelyn are thrown together, and they end up telling each other their life stories. So Allende structures this one to be three stories within the story of what brings these three characters together. Unfortunately, it doesn't hang together very well. Parts of the characters' back stories -- especially Evelyn's and to a lesser extent Lucia's -- are deeply moving. They highlight the realities of what has brought so many people to leave their home countries to move the the U.S. -- no doubt a timely topic. But the event that brings these three characters together and keeps them together feels almost farcical. The lightness doesn't mesh well with the darkness. It feels like Allende had a good story to tell about the different experiences of immigrants, but not enough work went into polishing this one so it stands well as a novel. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an opportunity to read an advance copy. Thanks also to Diane and and Angela for the experience of reading this together -- the buddy read aspect made this one much better than it would have been otherwise.
September 20, 2021
Life seems to dole out hopelessness like the flight of a wingless bird.
Richard Bowmaster looks out the window of his three-story brownstone in Brooklyn with much apprehension. Abundance is to be embraced unless it is the form of a snow storm. The city has all but shut down with its streets almost impassable. As a professor at NYU, no classes can be a point of celebration.
Tucked under another abundance in the form of blankets in the freezing basement apartment, Lucia Maraz considers her options. She, too, teaches at NYU and knows that nothing will draw her out of this cocoon come hell or high water.....make that mounds of snow. Her precious Chihuahua is snuggled by her side like a hairless growth with a bark. Perhaps she'll make some homemade soup and invite her landlord Richard down for more than a spoonful.
Meanwhile, Richard is shocked to find that one of his cats is throwing up pools of lime green curdles. Looking under the kitchen cabinet, he finds evidence of anti-freeze tampering and little paw prints. He calls the vet and takes off in his meat-locker of a vehicle. Ol' Tres will be kept for observation. Richard keeps a sob at bay and takes to the road again.
Snow has a particular loveliness from afar......until you slam into the back end of a Lexus on an icy street. Oh, dear readers, this will now be a collision of tragic human beings and their precarious lives from here on out.
A young Hispanic woman is behind the wheel of that Lexus. She says but few words. Richard hands her his card and tells her to contact him. His insurance will take care of everything. But no insurance could possibly cover the damages that will yet surface in the coming days.
And now three planets will align in this system of mishaps and misfortunes. Young Evelyn raps softly on the door of Richard's brownstone that evening. She stammers and appears quite shaken. Having no other recourse, Richard calls Lucia downstairs and demands that she come up. He desperately needs back-up. Throughout the night each of our unlikely trio recant the stories of their pasts. Evelyn reveals that she is an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. Presently, she is working as a nanny for a young boy with CP. The Lexus is owned by her employer. In her past, Evelyn suffered unspeakable attrocities in Guatemala. But she's here on Richard's doorstep to reveal the heavy weight of one more dark secret.......a dead body in the trunk of that Lexus.
Isabel Allende reins as queen of my author favorites. She is, at her very core, the ultimate storyteller. If you have ever read any of her other works, you know whereof I speak. My favorite has always been, Paula, which tells the heartbreaking story of the death of her beloved daughter. She enhances each of her stories with the breath of magical realism in which the trail of well-chosen words takes on the spark and brilliance of another life.
But it is here within the pages of In the Midst of Winter that I find myself still yearning. The initial formula for this storyline was encased in jars of overflowing tragedies. Those jars of life experiences by Evelyn, Lucia, and Richard were told beautifully and breathlessly and they provided a solid mosaic of the resilience of the human spirit for which Allende is renowned. She allows you into these locked rooms to observe the multi-degrees of each individual's personal sufferings with the dimly lit linings of their souls.
This "sacredness" was somehow up-ended with the unraveling of the chase story and the questionable explanations that followed. It jolted us from the odyssey of transformation to the almost implausible set of irregular motions at the end.
But hear me out: An offering by Isabel Allende is still a treasure. There was humor and pithy dialogue wrapped up in very complicated characters. There are descriptors that will rim your eyes with tears. I will leave you with a quote from Allende herself: "A woman like her took up a lot of room." And so does the highly, highly talented Isabel Allende.
Richard Bowmaster looks out the window of his three-story brownstone in Brooklyn with much apprehension. Abundance is to be embraced unless it is the form of a snow storm. The city has all but shut down with its streets almost impassable. As a professor at NYU, no classes can be a point of celebration.
Tucked under another abundance in the form of blankets in the freezing basement apartment, Lucia Maraz considers her options. She, too, teaches at NYU and knows that nothing will draw her out of this cocoon come hell or high water.....make that mounds of snow. Her precious Chihuahua is snuggled by her side like a hairless growth with a bark. Perhaps she'll make some homemade soup and invite her landlord Richard down for more than a spoonful.
Meanwhile, Richard is shocked to find that one of his cats is throwing up pools of lime green curdles. Looking under the kitchen cabinet, he finds evidence of anti-freeze tampering and little paw prints. He calls the vet and takes off in his meat-locker of a vehicle. Ol' Tres will be kept for observation. Richard keeps a sob at bay and takes to the road again.
Snow has a particular loveliness from afar......until you slam into the back end of a Lexus on an icy street. Oh, dear readers, this will now be a collision of tragic human beings and their precarious lives from here on out.
A young Hispanic woman is behind the wheel of that Lexus. She says but few words. Richard hands her his card and tells her to contact him. His insurance will take care of everything. But no insurance could possibly cover the damages that will yet surface in the coming days.
And now three planets will align in this system of mishaps and misfortunes. Young Evelyn raps softly on the door of Richard's brownstone that evening. She stammers and appears quite shaken. Having no other recourse, Richard calls Lucia downstairs and demands that she come up. He desperately needs back-up. Throughout the night each of our unlikely trio recant the stories of their pasts. Evelyn reveals that she is an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. Presently, she is working as a nanny for a young boy with CP. The Lexus is owned by her employer. In her past, Evelyn suffered unspeakable attrocities in Guatemala. But she's here on Richard's doorstep to reveal the heavy weight of one more dark secret.......a dead body in the trunk of that Lexus.
Isabel Allende reins as queen of my author favorites. She is, at her very core, the ultimate storyteller. If you have ever read any of her other works, you know whereof I speak. My favorite has always been, Paula, which tells the heartbreaking story of the death of her beloved daughter. She enhances each of her stories with the breath of magical realism in which the trail of well-chosen words takes on the spark and brilliance of another life.
But it is here within the pages of In the Midst of Winter that I find myself still yearning. The initial formula for this storyline was encased in jars of overflowing tragedies. Those jars of life experiences by Evelyn, Lucia, and Richard were told beautifully and breathlessly and they provided a solid mosaic of the resilience of the human spirit for which Allende is renowned. She allows you into these locked rooms to observe the multi-degrees of each individual's personal sufferings with the dimly lit linings of their souls.
This "sacredness" was somehow up-ended with the unraveling of the chase story and the questionable explanations that followed. It jolted us from the odyssey of transformation to the almost implausible set of irregular motions at the end.
But hear me out: An offering by Isabel Allende is still a treasure. There was humor and pithy dialogue wrapped up in very complicated characters. There are descriptors that will rim your eyes with tears. I will leave you with a quote from Allende herself: "A woman like her took up a lot of room." And so does the highly, highly talented Isabel Allende.
January 4, 2024
乇丕卅毓丞 賰毓丕丿鬲賰 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱
馃ぉ馃ぉ馃槏馃槏
亘丿丕賷丞 兀丿賷賳 賱賰 亘丕毓鬲匕丕乇 賱丕賳賶 賰丿鬲 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賳 丕鬲乇賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賱賲丕匕丕 責
賱丕賳賶 賱賲 丕賰賳 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 賱賲丕 鬲賳丕賵賱鬲賷賴 賮賶 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 賮丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲賳鬲賯賱 亘賳丕 賵亘卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賱賵孬賷丕 賵丕賷賮賱賷賳 賲丕亘賷賳 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱噩孬丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞 賮賶 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲賵乇胤 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 賱賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 賴匕賴 丕賱噩孬丞 賵賲丕亘賷賳 賲丕囟賶 賰賱 賲賳賴賲
賯氐丞 丕賷賮賱賷賳 賵噩丿鬲賴丕 賵丕禺賵丕鬲賴丕 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賱賴丕 賮賶 亘賱丿鬲賴丕 睾賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 賲鬲囟賲賳丕 鬲乇丿賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賴賳丕賰 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賲毓 毓丕卅賱鬲賴丕 賵賲兀爻丕鬲賴丕 賵丕丨丿丕孬 鬲賴乇賷亘賴丕 賲賳 賴賳丕賰 賵賲丕毓丕賳鬲賴 丨鬲賶 賵氐賱鬲 丕賱賶 丕賲乇賷賰丕 賱賳鬲丕賵賱 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賯囟賷丞丕賱賴噩乇丞 睾賷乇 丕賱卮乇毓賷丞 賵賲丕賷賵丕噩賴賴 賲賳 賷賱噩兀 丕賱賷賴丕 .
賵賱賵孬賷丕 賵 丕禺賷賴丕 賵馗乇賵賮 賵賮丕丞 賵丕賱丿賴丕 賵鬲丕孬賷乇 賲丕賰卮賮 亘毓丿 賵賮丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 賵毓賱賶 賱賵孬賷丕 賵丕禺賷賴丕 貙 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賮賶 鬲卮賷賱賶 賲賳 丕賵囟丕毓 爻賷丕爻賷丞 賵丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕爻亘丕亘 禺乇賵噩賴丕 賴賶 丕賷囟丕 賲賳 亘賱丿鬲賴丕 賵 賯氐丞 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 賵賯氐丞 夭賵丕噩賴丕 賵丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 丕賱胤賱丕賯 賵賲丕毓丕卮鬲賴 賵賲丕毓丕賳鬲賴 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 .
賵乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賯氐丞 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丕禺乇 賵丨丿鬲賴 賵賲丕囟賷賴 賵賲丌爻賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丕禺乇 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賲毓賴
賵賳禺賵囟 賲毓 孬賱丕孬鬲賴賲 賯氐氐 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賲丌爻賷賴賲 賵賴賵 賲丕 賱賲 兀賰賳 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 賱賴 亘噩丕賳亘 賰賷賮 爻賷鬲毓丕賲賱賵丕 賲毓 賴匕賴 丕賱噩孬丞 責責 賵賲賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賱噩孬丞 賵賲賳 丕賱賯丕鬲賱 責責
賵賮賶 馗賱 賴匕丕 丕賱噩賵 丕賱孬賱噩賶 賵丕賱毓丕氐賮丞 丕賱孬賱噩賷丞
賵賰賷賮 爻賷鬲毓丕賲賱 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱毓賯賱丕賳賷 貙 丕賱賵丨賷丿 貙 丕賱匕賶 賱丕 賷賮毓賱 丕賶 卮卅 丿賵賳 鬲乇鬲賷亘 賲爻亘賯 貙 丕賱賲賱丕丨賯 賲賳 丕卮亘丕丨 賲丕囟賷賴 賵賲丕匕丕 爻鬲賮毓賱 賱賵孬賷丕 賲毓賴 賵賰賷賮 爻鬲禺乇噩賴 賲賳 賯賵賯毓鬲賴 賱賷爻丕毓丿 丕賷賮賱賷賳 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱禺丕卅賮丞 丕賱賲鬲賱毓孬賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 賵囟毓鬲賴丕 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱爻賷卅丞 賲毓 噩孬丞
賵賱賳 鬲鬲乇賰賳丕 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 胤亘毓丕 丿賵賳 丕賳 鬲賳爻噩 賱賳丕 賯氐丞 丨亘 睾乇賷亘丞 貙 噩賲賷賱丞 貙 鬲丿毓賵 賱賱鬲賮丕丐賱貙 賵 丕賳 丕賱丨亘 賱丕賷賴鬲賲 亘丕賱爻賳 賮丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 賴賳丕 鬲賳爻噩 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賱賷爻 亘賷賳 卮丕亘賷賳 賱賰賳 亘賷賳 乇噩賱 賵丕賲乇丕丞 賰賱丕賴賲丕 賮賶 丕賱爻鬲賷賳丕鬲 賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 毓丕卮丕 丕丨丿丕孬 賮賶 丕賱賲丕囟賶 卮賰賱鬲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴賲 賵丕賱丕賲賴賲 賵賲禺丕賵賮賴賲 賮賶 丕賱丨丕囟乇
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 亘賰賱 賲丕鬲囟賲賳鬲賴 賵賰賱 賲丕賳丕賯卮鬲賴 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱
賵丕賱毓丕氐賮丞 丕賱孬賱噩賷丞 賵丕賱亘乇丿 賮賶 賵賯鬲 丿禺賱賳丕 賳丨賳 賮賶 丕賱氐賷賮 賵丕賱丨乇 亘噩丕賳亘 胤亘毓丕 丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱賰賵乇賵賳丕
賵賱丕夭丕賱鬲 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲丨鬲賮馗 亘賲賰丕賳鬲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賯賱亘賶
賵丨鬲賶 賳賱鬲賯賶 賲乇丞 丕禺乇賶 爻兀卮鬲丕賯 丕賱賷賰 賷丕賷夭丕亘賷賱
馃槏馃槏
佟佶 /佴 / 佗贍佗贍
馃ぉ馃ぉ馃槏馃槏
亘丿丕賷丞 兀丿賷賳 賱賰 亘丕毓鬲匕丕乇 賱丕賳賶 賰丿鬲 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賳 丕鬲乇賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賱賲丕匕丕 責
賱丕賳賶 賱賲 丕賰賳 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 賱賲丕 鬲賳丕賵賱鬲賷賴 賮賶 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 賮丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲賳鬲賯賱 亘賳丕 賵亘卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賱賵孬賷丕 賵丕賷賮賱賷賳 賲丕亘賷賳 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱噩孬丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞 賮賶 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲賵乇胤 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 賱賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 賴匕賴 丕賱噩孬丞 賵賲丕亘賷賳 賲丕囟賶 賰賱 賲賳賴賲
賯氐丞 丕賷賮賱賷賳 賵噩丿鬲賴丕 賵丕禺賵丕鬲賴丕 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賱賴丕 賮賶 亘賱丿鬲賴丕 睾賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 賲鬲囟賲賳丕 鬲乇丿賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賴賳丕賰 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賲毓 毓丕卅賱鬲賴丕 賵賲兀爻丕鬲賴丕 賵丕丨丿丕孬 鬲賴乇賷亘賴丕 賲賳 賴賳丕賰 賵賲丕毓丕賳鬲賴 丨鬲賶 賵氐賱鬲 丕賱賶 丕賲乇賷賰丕 賱賳鬲丕賵賱 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賯囟賷丞丕賱賴噩乇丞 睾賷乇 丕賱卮乇毓賷丞 賵賲丕賷賵丕噩賴賴 賲賳 賷賱噩兀 丕賱賷賴丕 .
賵賱賵孬賷丕 賵 丕禺賷賴丕 賵馗乇賵賮 賵賮丕丞 賵丕賱丿賴丕 賵鬲丕孬賷乇 賲丕賰卮賮 亘毓丿 賵賮丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 賵毓賱賶 賱賵孬賷丕 賵丕禺賷賴丕 貙 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賮賶 鬲卮賷賱賶 賲賳 丕賵囟丕毓 爻賷丕爻賷丞 賵丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕爻亘丕亘 禺乇賵噩賴丕 賴賶 丕賷囟丕 賲賳 亘賱丿鬲賴丕 賵 賯氐丞 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 賵賯氐丞 夭賵丕噩賴丕 賵丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 丕賱胤賱丕賯 賵賲丕毓丕卮鬲賴 賵賲丕毓丕賳鬲賴 賵丕賱丿鬲賴丕 .
賵乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賯氐丞 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丕禺乇 賵丨丿鬲賴 賵賲丕囟賷賴 賵賲丌爻賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丕禺乇 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賲毓賴
賵賳禺賵囟 賲毓 孬賱丕孬鬲賴賲 賯氐氐 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賲丌爻賷賴賲 賵賴賵 賲丕 賱賲 兀賰賳 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 賱賴 亘噩丕賳亘 賰賷賮 爻賷鬲毓丕賲賱賵丕 賲毓 賴匕賴 丕賱噩孬丞 責責 賵賲賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賱噩孬丞 賵賲賳 丕賱賯丕鬲賱 責責
賵賮賶 馗賱 賴匕丕 丕賱噩賵 丕賱孬賱噩賶 賵丕賱毓丕氐賮丞 丕賱孬賱噩賷丞
賵賰賷賮 爻賷鬲毓丕賲賱 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱毓賯賱丕賳賷 貙 丕賱賵丨賷丿 貙 丕賱匕賶 賱丕 賷賮毓賱 丕賶 卮卅 丿賵賳 鬲乇鬲賷亘 賲爻亘賯 貙 丕賱賲賱丕丨賯 賲賳 丕卮亘丕丨 賲丕囟賷賴 賵賲丕匕丕 爻鬲賮毓賱 賱賵孬賷丕 賲毓賴 賵賰賷賮 爻鬲禺乇噩賴 賲賳 賯賵賯毓鬲賴 賱賷爻丕毓丿 丕賷賮賱賷賳 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱禺丕卅賮丞 丕賱賲鬲賱毓孬賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 賵囟毓鬲賴丕 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱爻賷卅丞 賲毓 噩孬丞
賵賱賳 鬲鬲乇賰賳丕 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 胤亘毓丕 丿賵賳 丕賳 鬲賳爻噩 賱賳丕 賯氐丞 丨亘 睾乇賷亘丞 貙 噩賲賷賱丞 貙 鬲丿毓賵 賱賱鬲賮丕丐賱貙 賵 丕賳 丕賱丨亘 賱丕賷賴鬲賲 亘丕賱爻賳 賮丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 賴賳丕 鬲賳爻噩 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賱賷爻 亘賷賳 卮丕亘賷賳 賱賰賳 亘賷賳 乇噩賱 賵丕賲乇丕丞 賰賱丕賴賲丕 賮賶 丕賱爻鬲賷賳丕鬲 賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 毓丕卮丕 丕丨丿丕孬 賮賶 丕賱賲丕囟賶 卮賰賱鬲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴賲 賵丕賱丕賲賴賲 賵賲禺丕賵賮賴賲 賮賶 丕賱丨丕囟乇
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 亘賰賱 賲丕鬲囟賲賳鬲賴 賵賰賱 賲丕賳丕賯卮鬲賴 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱
賵丕賱毓丕氐賮丞 丕賱孬賱噩賷丞 賵丕賱亘乇丿 賮賶 賵賯鬲 丿禺賱賳丕 賳丨賳 賮賶 丕賱氐賷賮 賵丕賱丨乇 亘噩丕賳亘 胤亘毓丕 丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱賰賵乇賵賳丕
賵賱丕夭丕賱鬲 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲丨鬲賮馗 亘賲賰丕賳鬲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賯賱亘賶
賵丨鬲賶 賳賱鬲賯賶 賲乇丞 丕禺乇賶 爻兀卮鬲丕賯 丕賱賷賰 賷丕賷夭丕亘賷賱
馃槏馃槏
佟佶 /佴 / 佗贍佗贍
February 26, 2024
鬲毓丿賷賱 : 賱賱兀爻賮 兀賳丕 賲卮 丨丕亘賴 丨丿 賷爻鬲毓賲賱 氐賵乇賷 賮賷 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱兀賳賷 亘毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丨丕噩丞 卮禺氐賷丞 貙 賵 兀/賴丿賶 丕賱睾乇丿賷 賲賳 丕賱賲睾乇亘 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 丕賱氐賵乇丞 賵亘毓鬲賱賴丕 廿賳賷 賲卮 丨丕亘賴 丿賴 賵賲乇丿鬲卮 毓賱賷丕 貙 卮賰乇丕 賱賰賽 馃憤馃徎
廿賷夭丕 亘賯賷鬲 毓夭賷夭丞 毓賱賷丕 噩丿丕 馃挋
兀禺賷乇丕 丕賱賳丨爻 丕鬲賮賰 賵亘丿兀鬲 丕賱爻賳丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 :D
鬲亘丿兀 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘毓丕氐賮丞 孬賱噩賷丞 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賱賲 鬲卮賴丿賴丕 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 賵毓賱賶 兀孬乇賴丕 鬲賳夭賱賯 爻賷丕乇丞 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賷氐胤丿賲 亘爻賷丕乇丞 廿賷賮賷賱賷賳 賲丨丿孬丕賸 鬲賱賮 賮賷 丕賱氐賳丿賵賯 丕賱禺賱賮賷 .. 丕氐胤丿丕賲 兀丿賶 廿賱賶 鬲卮丕亘賰 賲氐丕卅乇賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 ..
孬丕賳賷 毓賲賱 丕賯乇兀賴 賱賷夭丕亘賷賱 亘毓丿 "爻賮賷賳丞 賳賷乇賵丿丕" 丕賱匕賷 爻賱胤鬲 賮賷賴 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱兀賴賱賷丞 賮賷 兀爻亘丕賳賷丕 賵賴噩乇丞 丕賱賲丿賳賷賳 廿賱賶 鬲卮賷賱賷 賮乇丕乇丕賸 賲賳 丕賱噩賳賷乇丕賱 賮乇丕賰賳賵 貙 賴賳丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲丨丿孬鬲 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 鬲卮賷賱賷 亘毓丿 賵氐賵賱 兀賵賱 乇卅賷爻 賲丿賳賷 賲賳鬲禺亘 爻賱賮丕丿賵乇 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 毓賱賷賴貙 丕賱賮賵囟賶 賵丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱賯賲毓 丕賱匕賷 卮賴丿鬲賴 丕賱亘賱丕丿 亘毓丿賴丕 賳賯賱鬲賴 賱賳丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賮賷 賯氐丞 賱賵孬賷丕 ..
兀丨爻爻鬲 丕賱毓賲賱賷賳 賲賰賲賱賷賳 賱亘毓囟 亘卮賰賱 賲丕貙 賵兀丨賲丿 丕賱賱賴 兀賳賷 賯乇兀鬲 爻賮賷賳丞 賳賷乇賵丿丕 兀賵賱丕賸 賱丕賮賴賲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 噩賷丿丕貙 賵賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賴賱 賰賱 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 爻鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 賱亘賱丿賴丕 丕賱丨亘賷亘 鬲卮賷賱賷責
丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷睾賱亘 毓賱賷賴丕 賰孬乇丞 丕賱爻乇丿 賲禺賷賮丞貙 賱兀賳賴 賯丿 賷賵丕賮賯 賲夭丕噩賰 賵匕賵賯賰 賵賯丿 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 丕賱囟噩乇 賵丨匕賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賳丕賮匕丞 賲毓賱賳丕 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲賰 賵丕賱丕賳爻丨丕亘 賲賳賴丕 馃槀
賵賴賳丕 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱爻乇丿 賲鬲毓丞 賵 賵賳爻 賵丿賮亍 賮賷 丕賱賱賷丕賱賷 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賲賳 卮賴乇 賷賳丕賷乇 馃尲 賵賱賲 賷爻亘亘 賱賷 兀賷 賲卮賰賱丞 兀賵 賲賱賱 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 :D
脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳
= 丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 :
芦賵賵爻胤 丕賱卮鬲丕亍 貙 兀丿乇賰鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮丕賸 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻購亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷.禄 丕賱亘賷乇 賰丕賲賵 - 丕賱毓賵丿丞 廿賱賶 鬲賷亘丕夭丕.
賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱毓賱丕噩賷丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賱賱賰賱賲丕鬲貙 賵賱鬲賯丕爻賲 丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱鬲兀賰丿 賲賳 兀賳 丌禺乇賷賳 賱丿賷賴賲 賳氐賷亘賴賲 賲賳賴 貙 賱兀賳賴丕 噩乇亘鬲 匕賱賰 毓賳丿賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲 賵鬲賰賱賲鬲 亘卮兀賳 賲氐賷乇 兀禺賷賴丕 廿賳乇賷賰賷 貙 賮丕賱丨賷賵丕鬲 鬲鬲卮丕亘賴 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賴賷 賳賮爻賴丕.
芦賯乇乇鬲 兀賳 兀賲賳丨 賳賮爻丕 賱賯賱亘賷 丕賱賲賰爻賵乇 禄 賯丕賱鬲 賱丿丕賳賷賷賱丕 毓亘乇 丕賱賴丕鬲賮 亘賳亘乇丞 賱賲 鬲禺乇噩 爻丕禺乇丞 賲孬賱賲丕 兀乇丕丿鬲 賱賴丕 貙 賵廿賳賾賲丕 卮丕賰賷丞 ..
鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 兀賳 鬲爻鬲睾賱 噩賷丿丕 爻賳賵丕鬲 毓丕賮賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賲鬲亘賯賷丞 賱賴丕 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賴夭賲賴丕 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞. 鬲乇賷丿 丕賱毓賷卮 賮賷 丕賱睾乇亘丞 貙 丨賷孬 鬲丨丿賷丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 鬲亘賯賷 匕賴賳賴丕 賲卮睾賵賱丕 賵賯賱亘賴丕 賮賷 賴丿賵亍 賳爻亘賷 貙 兀賲丕 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 貙 賮爻賷爻丨賯賴丕 賷賯賱 賲丕 賴賵 賲毓乇賵賮 貙 賵丕賱乇賵鬲賷賳 賵丕賱賲丨丿賵丿賷丞 . 賴賳丕賰 鬲卮毓乇 亘兀賳賴 賲丨賰賵賲 毓賱賷賴丕 亘兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 毓噩賵夭丕 賵丨賷丿丞 賵賲丨丕囟乇丞 亘匕賰乇賷丕鬲 爻賷卅丞 睾賷乇 賲噩丿賷丞 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 鬲鬲賵丕賮乇 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 賵噩賵丿 賲賮丕噩丌鬲 賵賮乇氐.
芦兀乇爻賱 兀賳丕賰 丕賱毓賱賷丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賱毓賳丞 賷丕 乇噩賱. 賮賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賮禺氐 賱賰賱 毓賲賱 賲丕囟 兀賵 丌賳賷貙 賵丕賱毓賷卮 賵兀賳鬲 鬲噩賱丿 賳賮爻賰貙 賴賲丕 丕賳丨乇丕賮 賵禺胤賷卅丞 毓噩乇賮丞. 賱爻鬲 卮丿賷丿 丕賱兀賴賲賷丞. 毓賱賷賰 兀賳 鬲爻丕賲丨 賳賮爻賰 賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賵廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 貙 賲孬賱賲丕 爻丕賲丨鬲賰 丌賳賷鬲丕 賵亘賷亘賷禄
兀丨爻賾鬲 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 賮賷 兀賵賱 丕賱兀賲乇 貙 亘丕賱丕賳賮氐丕賱 賰賮乇丕睾. 賱賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 賲毓鬲丕丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱睾賷丕亘 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷 貙 賵賱賰賳 丨賷賳 匕賴亘 賰丕乇賱賵爻 賰賱賷丕 氐丕乇 賱丿賷賴丕 賮丕卅囟 賲賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 貙 賵兀氐亘丨 丕賱亘賷鬲 賴丕卅賱 丕賱丕鬲爻丕毓 貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 兀氐丿丕亍 賮賷 丕賱丨噩乇丕鬲 丕賱禺丕賵賷丞. 鬲爻賲毓 賮賷 丕賱賱賷賱 賵賯毓 禺胤賵丕鬲 賰丕乇賱賵爻 丕賱賲賰丕賳 貙 賵丕賱賲丕亍 賷鬲丿賮賯 賮賷 丕賱丨賲丕賲. 賵爻亘亘 賱賴丕 丕賳賯胤丕毓 丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 賵丕賱胤賯賵爻 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 廿丨爻丕爻丕 毓馗賷賲丕 亘丕賱賴噩乇丕賳 貙 廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 賯賱賯 鬲賱賰 丕賱卮賴賵乇 丕賱鬲賷 禺囟毓鬲 賮賷賴丕 賱賲爻丕賵卅 丕賱廿賰孬丕乇 賲賳 鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱兀丿賵賷丞 賲賳 鬲噩賵亘 兀噩賱 丕賱鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇囟. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賴丕賳丞 貙 亘丕賱賴卮丕卮丞 貙 亘丕賱毓乇賷 賮賰丕賳鬲 丿丕賳賷賷賱丕 鬲馗賳 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕噩 賯丿 賯賵囟 賲賳丕毓鬲賴丕 丕賱噩爻丿賷丞 賵丕賱乇賵丨賷丞. 賵丕毓鬲丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴丕 : 芦 賱丕 鬲囟毓賷 賯丕卅賲丞 亘賲丕 鬲賮鬲賯乇賷賳 廿賱賷賴 賷丕 兀賲丕亍 貙 賵廿賳賲丕 亘賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賷賳賴禄 貙 廿匕 廿賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲乇賶 兀賳 鬲賱賰 賮乇氐丞 賮乇賷丿丞 賱卮賮丕亍 丕賱噩爻丿 賵卮賮丕亍 丕賱匕賴賳 貙 亘丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱丨賲賵賱丞 睾賷乇 丕賱囟乇賵乇賷丞 貙 賵丕賱鬲胤賴乇 賲賳 丕賱囟睾丕卅賳 貙 賵丕賱毓賯丿 貙 賵丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷卅丞 貙 賵丕賱乇睾亘丕鬲 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱丞 貙 賵兀賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賲賳 丕賱賯賲丕賲丞 ..
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廿賷夭丕 亘賯賷鬲 毓夭賷夭丞 毓賱賷丕 噩丿丕 馃挋
兀禺賷乇丕 丕賱賳丨爻 丕鬲賮賰 賵亘丿兀鬲 丕賱爻賳丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 :D
鬲亘丿兀 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘毓丕氐賮丞 孬賱噩賷丞 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賱賲 鬲卮賴丿賴丕 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 賵毓賱賶 兀孬乇賴丕 鬲賳夭賱賯 爻賷丕乇丞 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 賵賷氐胤丿賲 亘爻賷丕乇丞 廿賷賮賷賱賷賳 賲丨丿孬丕賸 鬲賱賮 賮賷 丕賱氐賳丿賵賯 丕賱禺賱賮賷 .. 丕氐胤丿丕賲 兀丿賶 廿賱賶 鬲卮丕亘賰 賲氐丕卅乇賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 ..
孬丕賳賷 毓賲賱 丕賯乇兀賴 賱賷夭丕亘賷賱 亘毓丿 "爻賮賷賳丞 賳賷乇賵丿丕" 丕賱匕賷 爻賱胤鬲 賮賷賴 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱兀賴賱賷丞 賮賷 兀爻亘丕賳賷丕 賵賴噩乇丞 丕賱賲丿賳賷賳 廿賱賶 鬲卮賷賱賷 賮乇丕乇丕賸 賲賳 丕賱噩賳賷乇丕賱 賮乇丕賰賳賵 貙 賴賳丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲丨丿孬鬲 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 鬲卮賷賱賷 亘毓丿 賵氐賵賱 兀賵賱 乇卅賷爻 賲丿賳賷 賲賳鬲禺亘 爻賱賮丕丿賵乇 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 毓賱賷賴貙 丕賱賮賵囟賶 賵丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱賯賲毓 丕賱匕賷 卮賴丿鬲賴 丕賱亘賱丕丿 亘毓丿賴丕 賳賯賱鬲賴 賱賳丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賮賷 賯氐丞 賱賵孬賷丕 ..
兀丨爻爻鬲 丕賱毓賲賱賷賳 賲賰賲賱賷賳 賱亘毓囟 亘卮賰賱 賲丕貙 賵兀丨賲丿 丕賱賱賴 兀賳賷 賯乇兀鬲 爻賮賷賳丞 賳賷乇賵丿丕 兀賵賱丕賸 賱丕賮賴賲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 噩賷丿丕貙 賵賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賴賱 賰賱 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 爻鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 賱亘賱丿賴丕 丕賱丨亘賷亘 鬲卮賷賱賷責
丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷睾賱亘 毓賱賷賴丕 賰孬乇丞 丕賱爻乇丿 賲禺賷賮丞貙 賱兀賳賴 賯丿 賷賵丕賮賯 賲夭丕噩賰 賵匕賵賯賰 賵賯丿 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 丕賱囟噩乇 賵丨匕賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賳丕賮匕丞 賲毓賱賳丕 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲賰 賵丕賱丕賳爻丨丕亘 賲賳賴丕 馃槀
賵賴賳丕 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱爻乇丿 賲鬲毓丞 賵 賵賳爻 賵丿賮亍 賮賷 丕賱賱賷丕賱賷 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賲賳 卮賴乇 賷賳丕賷乇 馃尲 賵賱賲 賷爻亘亘 賱賷 兀賷 賲卮賰賱丞 兀賵 賲賱賱 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 :D
脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳脳
= 丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 :
芦賵賵爻胤 丕賱卮鬲丕亍 貙 兀丿乇賰鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮丕賸 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻購亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷.禄 丕賱亘賷乇 賰丕賲賵 - 丕賱毓賵丿丞 廿賱賶 鬲賷亘丕夭丕.
賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賯丿乇丞 丕賱毓賱丕噩賷丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賱賱賰賱賲丕鬲貙 賵賱鬲賯丕爻賲 丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱鬲兀賰丿 賲賳 兀賳 丌禺乇賷賳 賱丿賷賴賲 賳氐賷亘賴賲 賲賳賴 貙 賱兀賳賴丕 噩乇亘鬲 匕賱賰 毓賳丿賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲 賵鬲賰賱賲鬲 亘卮兀賳 賲氐賷乇 兀禺賷賴丕 廿賳乇賷賰賷 貙 賮丕賱丨賷賵丕鬲 鬲鬲卮丕亘賴 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賴賷 賳賮爻賴丕.
芦賯乇乇鬲 兀賳 兀賲賳丨 賳賮爻丕 賱賯賱亘賷 丕賱賲賰爻賵乇 禄 賯丕賱鬲 賱丿丕賳賷賷賱丕 毓亘乇 丕賱賴丕鬲賮 亘賳亘乇丞 賱賲 鬲禺乇噩 爻丕禺乇丞 賲孬賱賲丕 兀乇丕丿鬲 賱賴丕 貙 賵廿賳賾賲丕 卮丕賰賷丞 ..
鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 兀賳 鬲爻鬲睾賱 噩賷丿丕 爻賳賵丕鬲 毓丕賮賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賲鬲亘賯賷丞 賱賴丕 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賴夭賲賴丕 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞. 鬲乇賷丿 丕賱毓賷卮 賮賷 丕賱睾乇亘丞 貙 丨賷孬 鬲丨丿賷丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 鬲亘賯賷 匕賴賳賴丕 賲卮睾賵賱丕 賵賯賱亘賴丕 賮賷 賴丿賵亍 賳爻亘賷 貙 兀賲丕 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 貙 賮爻賷爻丨賯賴丕 賷賯賱 賲丕 賴賵 賲毓乇賵賮 貙 賵丕賱乇賵鬲賷賳 賵丕賱賲丨丿賵丿賷丞 . 賴賳丕賰 鬲卮毓乇 亘兀賳賴 賲丨賰賵賲 毓賱賷賴丕 亘兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 毓噩賵夭丕 賵丨賷丿丞 賵賲丨丕囟乇丞 亘匕賰乇賷丕鬲 爻賷卅丞 睾賷乇 賲噩丿賷丞 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 鬲鬲賵丕賮乇 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 賵噩賵丿 賲賮丕噩丌鬲 賵賮乇氐.
芦兀乇爻賱 兀賳丕賰 丕賱毓賱賷丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賱毓賳丞 賷丕 乇噩賱. 賮賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賮禺氐 賱賰賱 毓賲賱 賲丕囟 兀賵 丌賳賷貙 賵丕賱毓賷卮 賵兀賳鬲 鬲噩賱丿 賳賮爻賰貙 賴賲丕 丕賳丨乇丕賮 賵禺胤賷卅丞 毓噩乇賮丞. 賱爻鬲 卮丿賷丿 丕賱兀賴賲賷丞. 毓賱賷賰 兀賳 鬲爻丕賲丨 賳賮爻賰 賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賵廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 貙 賲孬賱賲丕 爻丕賲丨鬲賰 丌賳賷鬲丕 賵亘賷亘賷禄
兀丨爻賾鬲 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 賮賷 兀賵賱 丕賱兀賲乇 貙 亘丕賱丕賳賮氐丕賱 賰賮乇丕睾. 賱賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 賲毓鬲丕丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱睾賷丕亘 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷 貙 賵賱賰賳 丨賷賳 匕賴亘 賰丕乇賱賵爻 賰賱賷丕 氐丕乇 賱丿賷賴丕 賮丕卅囟 賲賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 貙 賵兀氐亘丨 丕賱亘賷鬲 賴丕卅賱 丕賱丕鬲爻丕毓 貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 兀氐丿丕亍 賮賷 丕賱丨噩乇丕鬲 丕賱禺丕賵賷丞. 鬲爻賲毓 賮賷 丕賱賱賷賱 賵賯毓 禺胤賵丕鬲 賰丕乇賱賵爻 丕賱賲賰丕賳 貙 賵丕賱賲丕亍 賷鬲丿賮賯 賮賷 丕賱丨賲丕賲. 賵爻亘亘 賱賴丕 丕賳賯胤丕毓 丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 賵丕賱胤賯賵爻 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 廿丨爻丕爻丕 毓馗賷賲丕 亘丕賱賴噩乇丕賳 貙 廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 賯賱賯 鬲賱賰 丕賱卮賴賵乇 丕賱鬲賷 禺囟毓鬲 賮賷賴丕 賱賲爻丕賵卅 丕賱廿賰孬丕乇 賲賳 鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱兀丿賵賷丞 賲賳 鬲噩賵亘 兀噩賱 丕賱鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇囟. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賴丕賳丞 貙 亘丕賱賴卮丕卮丞 貙 亘丕賱毓乇賷 賮賰丕賳鬲 丿丕賳賷賷賱丕 鬲馗賳 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕噩 賯丿 賯賵囟 賲賳丕毓鬲賴丕 丕賱噩爻丿賷丞 賵丕賱乇賵丨賷丞. 賵丕毓鬲丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴丕 : 芦 賱丕 鬲囟毓賷 賯丕卅賲丞 亘賲丕 鬲賮鬲賯乇賷賳 廿賱賷賴 賷丕 兀賲丕亍 貙 賵廿賳賲丕 亘賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賷賳賴禄 貙 廿匕 廿賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲乇賶 兀賳 鬲賱賰 賮乇氐丞 賮乇賷丿丞 賱卮賮丕亍 丕賱噩爻丿 賵卮賮丕亍 丕賱匕賴賳 貙 亘丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱丨賲賵賱丞 睾賷乇 丕賱囟乇賵乇賷丞 貙 賵丕賱鬲胤賴乇 賲賳 丕賱囟睾丕卅賳 貙 賵丕賱毓賯丿 貙 賵丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷卅丞 貙 賵丕賱乇睾亘丕鬲 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱丞 貙 賵兀賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賲賳 丕賱賯賲丕賲丞 ..
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August 13, 2022
賲鬲毓丞 丕賱爻乇丿 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賮賷囟 亘丕賱廿孬丕乇丞 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱
丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購賯乇亘 亘賷賳 丕賱亘卮乇 賵鬲賮鬲丨 丕賱賯賱賵亘 賱賱丨亘 賵丕賱氐購丨亘丞 賵丕賱爻賳丿
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賳丕爻 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 鬲丨賰賷賴丕 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賳丿賷 亘爻賱丕爻丞 賵賲賴丕乇丞
賵丿丕卅賲丕 賵丕賯毓 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵兀丨賵丕賱賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 賱賴賲 賳氐賷亘 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴丕
丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購賯乇亘 亘賷賳 丕賱亘卮乇 賵鬲賮鬲丨 丕賱賯賱賵亘 賱賱丨亘 賵丕賱氐購丨亘丞 賵丕賱爻賳丿
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賳丕爻 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 鬲丨賰賷賴丕 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賳丿賷 亘爻賱丕爻丞 賵賲賴丕乇丞
賵丿丕卅賲丕 賵丕賯毓 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵兀丨賵丕賱賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 賱賴賲 賳氐賷亘 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴丕
October 4, 2020
毓賱丕賯鬲賷 亘丕賱賰鬲亘 賵 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 睾乇賷亘丞貙 賵 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賷賵賱賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 兀賵 乇亘胤賴丕 亘噩丿賵賱 夭賲賳賷貙 賵 賱賰賳賾 賲丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 兀毓鬲乇賮賻 亘賴 亘賰賱 賷賯賷賳貙 兀賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 鬲禺鬲丕乇賳賷 賵 賮賷 兀賵賯丕鬲 賲毓賷賳丞貙 亘賱丕 毓噩賱丞貙 亘賱 亘賰賱 兀賳丕丞 賵 丕賳鬲賯丕卅賷丞 賲賳馗賲丞貙 廿匕丕 丨賰賷鬲 賲孬賱賸丕 丿賵丕賲丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵賯毓鬲賳賷 賮賷 丨亘丕賱 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賯鬲 亘丕賱匕丕鬲貙 賮爻鬲賰賵賳 丨賰丕賷丞 禺賷丕賱賷丞 賲購亘丕賱賻睾 賮賷賴丕貙 賵 賱賰賳賾賷 賱賲 兀乇睾亘賿 賮賷 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕貙 賱賲 兀賰賳 兀乇睾亘 賮賷 賮毓賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 兀氐賱賸丕.
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丕賱禺賵丕亍 丕賱賮賰乇賷 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲賲賱賾賰賳賷 賮賷 兀賵賯丕鬲 賲丨丿丿丞貙 賷丿賮毓賳賷 賱賮毓賱 兀賷 卮賷亍貙 兀卮毓乇 亘賲賯鬲 乇賴賷亘 賱乇鬲丕亘丞 丕賱兀賷丕賲 賵 鬲賰乇丕乇 賳賮爻 丕賱賵噩賵賴 賵 丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬貙 賱丕 兀丿乇賷貙 賵 賱賰賳賷 卮毓乇鬲 亘賴購賵賾丞 睾乇賷亘丞貙 噩毓賱鬲賳賷 兀乇睾亘 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 卮賷亍 賲毓賷賳 賵 賱賯賱賲 賲毓賷賳貙 賮丕賳氐乇賮 匕賴賳賷 賱兀賯賱丕賲賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞貙 賮鬲匕賰乇鬲 兀賳賷 賱賲 兀卮丕賴丿 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 丕賱賮賷賱賲 丕賱賲兀禺賵匕 毓賳 乇賵丕賷鬲賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 ( 亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 ) 賮卮丕賴丿鬲賴 賵 兀毓噩亘賳賷貙 孬賲 卮毓乇鬲 亘馗賲兀 賰亘賷乇 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇兀丞貙 賵 鬲匕賰乇鬲 兀賳賷 鬲賲賱賰鬲賳賷 乇睾亘丞 賯賵賷丞 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丌禺乇 兀毓賲丕賱賴丕貙 賵 賵賯毓鬲 賷丿丕賷 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 毓夭賷夭賷 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賯丿 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 賵 丨賱賾賯賿鬲賻 亘毓賷丿賸丕 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賮賷 兀乇賵賯丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷 丕賱賲賱丨賲賷 賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨貙 賮兀賳鬲 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 爻鬲賯毓 賮賷 兀卮賵丕賰 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱賲丐賱賲丞 賱毓丕賱賲 睾乇賷亘 賵 賱賰賳賴 丨賯賷賯賷賾貙 毓丕賱賲 兀亘毓丕丿賴 鬲鬲賰賵賳 賲賳 丌賱丕賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賵噩賵丿丞 丨賵賱賳丕 賵 賱賰賳賳丕 賮賯胤 賱丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴丕 賵 賮賴賲賴丕貙 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱爻乇賷 賱賱賴噩乇丕鬲 睾賷乇 丕賱卮乇毓賷丞 賲賳 丿賵賱 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 廿賱賶 爻丨乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿貙 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷賷賳貙 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞貙 爻賲賽賾賴丕 賰賷賮賲丕 鬲卮丕亍貙 賮爻鬲馗賱 賴賷 丕賱賲賱噩兀 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賱賴丐賱丕亍 丕賱亘丕卅爻賷賳貙 賮賯丿 爻賲毓鬲購 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐氐 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 賵 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賯賱賷賱丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞貙 賵 賱賰賳 卮毓賵乇 噩賲賷賱 兀賳 鬲賰鬲卮賮 噩賴賱賰 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷貙 賮兀賳丕 卮禺氐賷賸賾丕 賰賳鬲 兀噩賴賱 賲賵賯毓 睾賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 毓賱賶 丕賱禺乇賷胤丞 兀爻丕爻賸丕貙 賵 鬲賰賵賳鬲 毓賳丿賷 賮賰乇丞 賲亘賴賲丞 丨賵賱 賲毓丕賳丕丞 賴匕賴 丕賱卮毓賵亘.
賮賷 亘丿亍 丨丿賷孬賷 氐賳賮鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 兀賳賴丕 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘丨鬲丞貙 孬賲 鬲丨丿孬鬲 毓賳 噩丕賳亘 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤 賲賳 兀氐賱 孬賱丕孬丞 噩賵丕賳亘 兀禺乇賶 鬲賲乇賰夭鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賴丕 賯胤亘 鬲卮賷賱賷賾 賷鬲賲孬賱 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賵孬賷丕貙 孬賲 賯胤亘 兀賲乇賷賰賷 賲賳 兀氐賱 賮乇賳爻賷 賵 賴匕賴 卮禺氐賷丞 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿貙 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 賱兀賷 賯丕乇卅 兀賵 賳丕賯丿 賯乇兀 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賳 賷賳賰乇 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賳爻賷鬲 禺匕賱丕賳 兀亘賷賴丕 賱賴丕貙 兀賵 丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕賱匕賷 丨丿孬 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 毓丕賲 佟侃侑贍 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇卮丨 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷 丕賱丿賷賲賵賯乇丕胤賷 丕賱兀賵賱 爻賱冥丕丿賵乇 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 兀賵 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱賳賮賷 賮賷 賮賳夭賵賷賱丕 孬賲 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞貙 兀賵 賲賵鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 倬丕賵賱丕貙 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲賰鬲亘 賵 噩乇丕丨賴丕 賲丕夭丕賱鬲 鬲賳夭賮貙 賮賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賰賱賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱匕丕鬲貙 亘氐乇禺丕鬲 囟毓賷賮丞 賲毓鬲乇囟丞 毓賱賶 賲丕 卮賴丿鬲賴貙 賵 賰兀賳賴丕 亘賮毓賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賴匕丕 鬲丨丕賵賱 兀賳 鬲睾賷賾乇 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇貙 兀賳 鬲禺賱賾丿 丕賱匕賰乇賶 孬賲 鬲賯鬲賱賴丕!
丕賱賮賰乇丞 賱賷爻鬲 賮賷 鬲賲丕孬賱 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 亘賷賳 卮禺賵氐 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵 亘賷賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕貙 亘賱 賮賷 賰賷賮賷丞 鬲賵馗賷賮 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 賰賷 鬲卮賮賷 噩乇丕丨賴丕貙 賰賷 鬲毓賰爻 賱賳丕 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賱爻丕毓賷丞 賱鬲睾賷賷乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇貙 賮廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 毓丕卮鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丨亘貙 賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賱丕 賷毓賳賷 丕賳亘賴丕乇賷 亘丕賱毓賲賱 賱賱兀爻賮貙 賮丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賯丿 鬲丨丿孬鬲 毓賳 丕賱毓賲賱 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇 賳賮爻賷丞貙 兀賵 賲賳賴噩 丕賱賳賯丿 丕賱亘賷賵噩乇丕賮賷貙 賵 賱賰賳貙 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 睾乇賷亘 毓賲賾丕 丕毓鬲丿鬲賴 賲賳 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱貙 賵 賱丕 兀賮賴賲 兀賷 爻亘賷賱 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賰賷 兀賯毓 賮賷 睾乇丕賲賴 賲孬賱賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓 賰賱 鬲噩丕乇亘賷 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞.
賱賲丕匕丕責...亘亘爻丕胤丞貙 賯賱賲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賯丿 鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 賯賱賲 兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 賵 兀賳丕 兀賰乇賴 丕賱兀賯賱丕賲 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞貙 賰丕賳 賷毓噩亘賳賷 賱賱睾丕賷丞 卮丿丞 丕毓鬲夭丕夭 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 亘鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕 賵 亘賴賵賷鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞貙 賵 乇亘賲丕 丨丕賵賱鬲 兀賳 鬲毓賰爻 賴匕丕 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賵孬賷丕貙 賵 賱賰賳賾 賴賷賰賱 丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 丕賱廿噩賲丕賱貙 賰丕賳 賲孬賱 賳賰賴丞 丕賱賵噩亘丕鬲 丕賱爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱噩丕賴夭丞貙 卮賷亍 卮賴賷 賷噩亘乇賰 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳賴 賮賷 賳賴賲貙 賵 賱賰賳賰 亘毓丿賴丕 鬲卮毓乇 亘賳賵毓 賲賳 兀賳賵丕毓 丕賱賮乇丕睾貙 兀賵 毓丿賲 丕賱賮賴賲 賵 丕賱鬲卮乇購賾亘 丕賱賰丕賲賱 賱兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱賲賳胤賵賷 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 賱丕 兀毓賱賲貙 兀賴匕賴 賲卮丕毓乇 賳丕亘毓丞 賲賳 爻禺胤賷 丕賱卮丿賷丿 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷賲鬲 賱兀賲乇賷賰丕 亘兀賷 氐賱丞貙 兀賲 兀賳賷 亘丕賱賮毓賱 睾丕囟亘丞 賲賳 禺賷亘丞 兀賲賱賷 賮賷 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱責
兀丨亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 賵 賱賷 氐亘乇 毓賱賶 鬲鬲丕亘毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱亘胤賷亍貙 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賯丕乇賳賾丕 亘賷賳 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賵 兀噩丕孬丕 賰乇賷爻鬲賷貙 鬲乇賶 乇睾賲 兀賳 賰賱丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘賷賳 賷賰鬲亘 兀毓賲丕賱賸丕 賲賳 賳賮爻 丕賱鬲氐賳賷賮貙 鬲乇賶 丕賱賮丕乇賯 氐丕乇禺賸丕貙 亘乇丕賵賳 賷賰鬲亘 賰賷 賷乇亘丨貙 賷賱賮鬲 丕賱賳馗乇貙 賷丨亘爻 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻貙 賷噩匕亘 丕賱賮囟賵賱賷賷賳 丕賱賲鬲毓胤卮賷賳 賱賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱爻賴賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賳毓 賱賴賲 兀睾賱賮丞 賲賳 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱兀噩賵賮貙 賮亘毓丿 乇賵丕賷丞 卮賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳卮賷貙 爻鬲噩丿 賲賱丕賷賷賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賲毓丿賵賲賷 丕賱賲賷賵賱 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞貙 賷丨丿孬賵賳賰 毓賳 爻乇 丕賱賰兀爻 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 亘賰賱 丨賲丕爻丞 賵 賷賰乇乇賵賳 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵 賴賲 賱賲 賷賯乇兀賵丕 賰鬲丕亘賸丕 賷鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱毓賷爻賵賷賾貙 丕賱賳賰賴丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 鬲賳毓丿賲 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱兀丿亘貙 兀賲丕 兀噩丕孬丕 賰乇賷爻鬲賷貙 賮廿賳賷 兀丨馗賶 亘賲鬲毓丞 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞貙 賵 孬乇丕亍 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲賷貙 賵 丕賱兀賴賲貙 賲氐丿丕賯賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞貙 孬乇丕亍 賮賷 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 賵 丕賱賱毓亘 毓賱賶 兀賵鬲丕乇 賮毓賱賷丞貙 賰賱賳丕 賯丿 賷乇鬲賰亘 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 賱廿賳賴 鬲毓乇囟 賱賱丕亘鬲夭丕夭貙 兀賵 賱賱丕賳鬲賯丕賲貙 賵 賱賰賳 噩乇丕卅賲 賯鬲賱 鬲鬲賲 賮賷 賲毓亘丿 丕賱賲丕爻賵賳賷賷賳 賱丕爻鬲乇丿丕丿 丕賱賰兀爻 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞貙 賴匕賴 丨賷賱 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 鬲噩丕乇賷丞 爻賵賯賷丞.
毓賵丿賹 毓賱賶 亘丿亍貙 賲丕 兀乇丕賴 兀賳 丕賱匕賵賯 丕賱噩丿賷丿 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 丕毓鬲丕丿 毓賱賶 賳賯胤丞 丕賱丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩毓賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賷賮睾乇 賮丕賴 亘賰賱 鬲卮賵賷賯貙 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賱賲 鬲賰賳 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞貙 丕賱賲賴賲 兀賯乇兀 兀卮賷丕亍 鬲噩毓賱賳賷 賱丕 兀氐丿賯 賳賮爻賷 賵 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲乇賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丨鬲賶 兀賳鬲賴賷 賲賳賴貙 兀賲賾丕 鬲鬲丕亘毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘噩乇賷丕賳賴丕 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷 賵 亘賲賳胤賯賷丞 賵 賲氐丿丕賯賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞貙 賮賴匕丕 賱賲 賷毓丿 賲鬲賵賮乇賸賾丕 賮賷 丕賱匕賵賯 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 丨鬲賶 賯氐氐 丕賱丨亘 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購賰鬲亘 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱兀丿亘貙 鬲孬賷乇賳賷 亘丕賱睾孬賷丕賳貙 爻乇毓丞 賵 鬲卮賵賷賯 賵 賱丕 賷賴賲 兀賷 卮賷亍 丌禺乇.
乇亘賲丕 賰賱丕賲賷 賴匕丕 亘爻亘亘 鬲兀孬乇賷 亘賰賱丕賲 丕賱賲爻賷乇賷 乇丨賲賴 丕賱賱賴貙 賵 賱賰賳賷 賮賵噩卅鬲 賲賳 囟丨丕賱丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 鬲噩丿賷丿 丕賱胤丕賯丞 賵 廿賷噩丕丿 乇賵丨 丕賱丨亘 丕賱兀夭賱賷丞 丕賱禺夭毓亘賱賷丞 賱爻乇 丕賱賵噩賵丿 丕賱賰賵賳賷 丕賱兀亘丿賷貙 賴匕賴 丕賱賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐亘丨 賰賱 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賲賵賱毓賷賳 亘賴丕貙 賯丿 兀孬乇鬲 賮賷 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱貙 賱丕 兀賳賰乇 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賰乇鬲賴丕 丕賱毓丕賲丞 丨丕夭鬲 廿毓噩丕亘賷貙 賵 賱賰賳貙 賴卮丕卮丞 丕賱亘賳丕亍 賵 丕賱鬲賳丕賵賱 賰丕賳丕 胤丕賮丨賷賿賳 賵 賲購禺匕賽賱賷賿賳貙 賵 賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱兀賲乇貙 賰賲丕 兀賳 丨丿賵孬 丕賱丨亘 賮噩兀丞 賮賷 賯賱亘 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱賲購賲夭賯 賱賲噩乇丿 廿賲囟丕亍 賰賲 賱賷賱丞 賲毓 賱賵孬賷丕貙 睾乇賷亘貙 賵 爻乇賷毓貙 賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲禺囟毓 賱賱賯賵丕賱亘.
賵 兀夭毓噩賳賷 亘丕賱賲賳丕爻亘丞貙 鬲賰乇丕乇 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賱兀賮賰丕乇 囟毓賮 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賵 賯爻賵鬲賴賲 賮賷 賰賱 毓賲賱貙 賵 丿丕卅賲賸丕 丕賱賲乇兀丞 毓賳丿賴丕 賯賵賷丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賵 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賵 丕賱鬲氐乇賮 賮賷 兀卮丿 丕賱兀賲賵乇 毓爻乇丞賸貙 丕賱乇噩丕賱 毓丕胤賱丞 賵 賱丕 鬲賳賮賯 賵 鬲囟乇亘 賵 鬲禺賵賳 兀賵 囟毓賷賮賵賳 賵 胤賮賵賱賷賵賳 賵 賮丕卮賱賵賳貙 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲馗賱賵賲丞貙 孬賲 鬲氐丨賵 賱鬲噩丿丿 胤丕賯鬲賴丕 賵 鬲囟毓 丕賱兀賲賵乇 賮賷 賳氐丕亘賴丕貙 兀賮賴賲 丕賱賯賱賲 丕賱賳爻賵賷 賵 賱丕 兀賲賱賰 兀賷 睾囟丕囟丞賸 賲毓賴貙 賵 賱賰賳賾賷 賱丕 兀丨亘匕 鬲賰乇丕乇 丕賱賯賵丕賱亘貙 賵 丕賱賲賱賱 丕賱卮禺氐賵賷 賵 賰兀賳 丕賱毓賲賱 賲購賰乇賾爻 賱賲乇丕丿 賲毓賷賳貙 賵 丕賱賲賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱兀丿亘賷 賷購賰鬲亘 賱匕丕鬲賴貙 丿丕卅賲賸丕 鬲禺賱賯 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 毓丕賱賲賸丕 鬲賳鬲氐乇 賮賷賴 丕賱賲乇兀丞 囟丿 噩賱賾丕丿賷賴丕貙 亘賵丕賯毓賷丞 卮丿賷丿丞 賵 亘賱丕 賲亘丕賱睾丞 兀賵 鬲禺賷賷賱 賷賱賵賷 毓賳賯 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯貙 賵 兀賳丕 賱賲 兀爻鬲爻睾 賴匕丕 賱廿賳 鬲賰乇丕乇 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賴賵 毓丿賵賷 丕賱兀賵賱 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀丿亘.
賱丕 兀賳賰乇 賲鬲毓鬲賷 亘丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲鬲乇丕亘胤 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱賮氐賵賱貙 賵 鬲丨賱賷賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賵 賱賰賳 賳亘乇丞 丕賱丕鬲賴丕賲 丕賱禺賮賷丞 丕賱丿丕卅賲丞 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱賳賲丕匕噩 丕賱乇噩賵賱賷丞 賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 廿亘乇丕夭 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱賯賷丕丿賷 賱賱賲乇兀丞貙 兀賲賵乇 賳睾氐賾鬲 毓賱賷賾 丕賱賰孬賷乇貙 賵噩毓賱鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 卮鬲丕亍賸 賱丕 氐賷賮 賱賴!
鬲賲賾鬲.
佟佗 賲丕乇爻 佗贍佟侃
December 3, 2017
So, you know when someone puts a plate in front of you and says 'It's hot. Don't touch the plate.' and you immediately touch the plate. You just had to see for yourself. Yeah, that's how I felt with this one. I read so many less than stellar reviews of this one but I had to find out for myself. I wanted to read this one since I first heard about it. Then I saw the wonderful Isabel Allende talk about the book and I couldn't *WAIT* to read it. Perhaps despite all the reviews, I still had such high expectations.
The story rotates between three people Evelyn, Lucia, and Richard and a minor accident that brought them all together. You move back and forth in time hearing the backstory of each and then moving back to the present time. There is just too much going on. Each one of these four story lines could be their own book. Just putting them all together gets confusing. Just as you get drawn into hearing for example Evelyn's story you are roughly brought back to a different story. And it's too much. Also, it's utterly depressing. Nothing good happens and so much of it I started to think 'oh come on, really'. It just kept piling on more and more bad things happening. I also read books to escape....going to different countries, a time in history, and more. I don't really want to read something about current events. This is just me. Perhaps another time the refugee story would be fine, hearing about MS13 gangs, political issues, etc....just all in the news right now.
I switched between print and audio, and sorry to say, I did not like the audio. I had to put this one aside for awhile and take a break, seeing if that helped. Maybe it was not the right time to read this one. I might even have gone a bit lower on my rating but tried to balance out my nit-picking (not wanting to read about current events - and perhaps going with 3 due to my love of Allende). I look forward to reading another book from Allende. And looking forward to a sweeping saga with lots of magical realism.
The story rotates between three people Evelyn, Lucia, and Richard and a minor accident that brought them all together. You move back and forth in time hearing the backstory of each and then moving back to the present time. There is just too much going on. Each one of these four story lines could be their own book. Just putting them all together gets confusing. Just as you get drawn into hearing for example Evelyn's story you are roughly brought back to a different story. And it's too much. Also, it's utterly depressing. Nothing good happens and so much of it I started to think 'oh come on, really'. It just kept piling on more and more bad things happening. I also read books to escape....going to different countries, a time in history, and more. I don't really want to read something about current events. This is just me. Perhaps another time the refugee story would be fine, hearing about MS13 gangs, political issues, etc....just all in the news right now.
I switched between print and audio, and sorry to say, I did not like the audio. I had to put this one aside for awhile and take a break, seeing if that helped. Maybe it was not the right time to read this one. I might even have gone a bit lower on my rating but tried to balance out my nit-picking (not wanting to read about current events - and perhaps going with 3 due to my love of Allende). I look forward to reading another book from Allende. And looking forward to a sweeping saga with lots of magical realism.
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賴賱 賷賲賰賳賴 丨賯丕賸 兀賳 賷爻鬲毓賷丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賴丕 賴賶 ..賷賴乇賲丕 賲毓丕賸 亘賷賳賲丕 賰賱 賲賳賴賲丕 賷賲爻賰 亘賷丿 丕賱丌禺乇 責...
丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 "丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷" 鬲購丨賷賰 賯氐丞 丨亘 乇睾賲丕賸 毓賳 禺賷賵胤賴丕 丕賱賲鬲卮丕亘賰丞 賵丕賱賲毓賯丿丞 賱賰賱 賲賳 胤乇賮賷賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賷賳 賷丿賷 賯丕乇卅賴丕 亘爻賷胤丞 ..爻賱爻丞 ..賵乇卮賷賯丞..
賵賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱賷爻 賰賱 卮賷亍 ..賴賶 鬲鬲賯賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丕賱賲賴賲卮賷賳 ..賵丕賱賲噩賴賵賱賷賳 ..毓賳 毓賵丕賱賲 睾丕賲囟丞 賲兀爻丕賵賷丞 鬲睾乇賯 賮賷 馗賱丕賲 丿丕賲爻 亘賱丕 賯賵丕賳賷賳 賵賱丕丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 ..毓賵丕賱賲 賲禺賷賮丞 ..賵丨卮賷丞 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞...
February 5, 2024
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱孬賾丕賳賷 毓卮乇 賱毓丕賲 佗贍佗伽.
賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賾鬲賷 鬲兀爻乇賰 亘丨賯賾鉂わ笍
賰鬲丕亘賷 丕賱 (97) 賱毓丕賲 2018.
"賵兀丿乇賰鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸貙 賮賷 賵爻胤 丕賱卮鬲丕亍貙 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮丕賸 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷賾..."
賮賷 賱賷賱丞 毓丕氐賮丞 亘丕乇丿丞貙 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 睾丕賲囟丞 鬲噩賲毓 賲氐丕卅乇 孬賱丕孬丞 兀卮禺丕氐 亘毓賷丿賷賳 毓賳 亘毓囟賴賲 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍... 賳毓賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賳鬲毓乇賮 廿賱賶 賯氐氐 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賮賷賴賲貙 賱賳卮毓乇 亘丌賱丕賲賴賲 賵兀丨夭丕賳賴賲 賵賳賰卮賮 毓賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵锟斤拷賱鬲賴賲 廿賱賶 賴賳丕.
丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲:
馃専馃専馃専馃専 4 賳噩賵賲貙 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞 亘丨賯貙 賴丕丿卅丞 噩丿丕賸 賵匕丕鬲 丕賷賯丕毓 賱胤賷賮馃挀
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵賱賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 亘丕賱胤亘毓馃槏
賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賾鬲賷 鬲兀爻乇賰 亘丨賯賾鉂わ笍
賰鬲丕亘賷 丕賱 (97) 賱毓丕賲 2018.
"賵兀丿乇賰鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸貙 賮賷 賵爻胤 丕賱卮鬲丕亍貙 兀賳 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賷 氐賷賮丕賸 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 爻亘丕鬲 卮鬲賵賷賾..."
賮賷 賱賷賱丞 毓丕氐賮丞 亘丕乇丿丞貙 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 睾丕賲囟丞 鬲噩賲毓 賲氐丕卅乇 孬賱丕孬丞 兀卮禺丕氐 亘毓賷丿賷賳 毓賳 亘毓囟賴賲 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍... 賳毓賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賳鬲毓乇賮 廿賱賶 賯氐氐 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賮賷賴賲貙 賱賳卮毓乇 亘丌賱丕賲賴賲 賵兀丨夭丕賳賴賲 賵賳賰卮賮 毓賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵锟斤拷賱鬲賴賲 廿賱賶 賴賳丕.
丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲:
馃専馃専馃専馃専 4 賳噩賵賲貙 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞 亘丨賯貙 賴丕丿卅丞 噩丿丕賸 賵匕丕鬲 丕賷賯丕毓 賱胤賷賮馃挀
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵賱賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 亘丕賱胤亘毓馃槏
January 2, 2018
禺賷乇 亘丿丕賷丞 賱毓丕賲 爻毓賷丿 丕賳 卮丕亍 丕賱賱賴.
October 3, 2024
"賱賷爻 賴購賳丕賱賰 賲丕 賴賵 賲購孬賷乇 賱賱丌爻賶 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 氐賵鬲 丕賱卮賵賰丞 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賲購賯賮乇貙 賵鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱胤毓丕賲 賵丨賷丿丕賸貙 賵丕賱賳賵賲 賵丨賷丿丕賸貙 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 賵丨賷丿丕賸."
丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱賷 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 "廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷" 賵丿毓賳丕 賳賯賵賱 兀賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 亘丿丕賷丞 賲鬲賵爻胤丞貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲毓丿 亘丕賱賰孬賷乇 賵丕賱賰孬賷乇.
賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 爻乇丿 "廿賷夭丕亘賷賱" 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 乇丕卅毓 丕賱匕賷 爻賷噩毓賱賰 鬲乇鬲亘胤 丕乇鬲亘丕胤丕賸 賵孬賷賯丕賸 賲毓 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿 鬲賳爻賶 賲丨鬲賵丕賴丕 亘毓丿 賮鬲乇丞 亘爻賷胤丞.. 賱賲 兀卮毓乇 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀孬乇鬲 賮賷 亘丕賱卮賰賱 丕賱賰亘賷乇 廿賱丕 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨丕丿孬丞 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賭"乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿" 賵乇購亘賲丕 賱囟毓賮賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賵亘乇丕亍鬲賴賲.. 丿丕卅賲丕賸 賲丕 兀噩丿 賳賮爻賷 囟毓賷賮丕賸 賮賷 丨囟賵乇賴賲 丕賱丨夭賷賳貙 賵禺氐賵氐丕賸 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 毓賳賴賲 噩賷丿 噩丿丕賸貙 賲孬賱 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 亘丕賱胤亘毓.
乇賵丕賷丞 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 卮鬲賵賷丞 亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭貙 孬賱噩 賵氐賯賷毓 賷噩毓賱 兀賵氐丕賱賰 鬲乇鬲噩賮貙 賵孬賱丕孬 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賷囟毓賴賲 鬲丕乇賷禺賴賲 丕賱賯丿賷賲 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱胤乇賷賯 氐丿賮丞貙 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵馗賮鬲 亘賴丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賲丕囟賷 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕賳 匕賰賷 噩丿丕賸貙 亘毓丿賲丕 賳毓賷卮 賯賱賷賱丕賸 賮賷 丕賱賲購爻鬲賯亘賱 賳毓賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賳賮賴賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賳丕 兀賰孬乇 賵兀賰孬乇 賵賳鬲毓賲賯 賮賷 賵噩賵丿賴賲 賵賮賰乇賴賲 賵丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴賲 賵兀爻乇丕乇賴賲 賮賷 亘賱丿丕賳賴賲 丕賱賲購禺鬲賱賮丞 賰睾賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 賵鬲卮賷賱賷 賵丕賱亘乇丕夭賷賱 賵丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲購鬲丨丿丞.. 賵賮賷 賰購賱 亘賱丿 賰丕賳鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 鬲賳賯賱賰 廿賱賶 丕賱兀噩賵丕亍 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻乇丿賴丕 丕賱賲購禺鬲賱賮丞 賱賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞.. 賮丨鬲賶 賱賵 賱賲 鬲賯乇兀 毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱賮氐賱 爻鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 兀賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賳鬲丨丿孬 賵兀賷 亘賱丿貙 賲賳 賮丨賵賶 丕賱爻乇丿.
"噩賳賵丿 丕賱噩賷卮 賷賯鬲乇賮賵賳 賮馗丕毓丕鬲 囟丿 兀賳丕爻 賲孬賱賴賲貙 賲賳 丕賱毓乇賯 賳賮爻賴貙 賲賳 丕賱胤亘賯丞 賳賮爻賴丕貙 賵賲賳 丕賱亘丐爻 賳賮爻賴 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷購爻亘乇 賱賴 睾賵乇. 廿賳賴賲 賷賳賮匕賵賳 兀賵丕賲乇貙 賴匕丕 氐丨賷丨貙 賵賱賰賳賴賲 賷賳賮匕賵賳賴丕 賲購爻賲賲丞 亘丕賱賲購禺丿乇 丕賱兀卮丿 廿丿賲丕賳丕賸: 賲購賲丕乇爻丞 丕賱爻賱胤丞 亘賱丕 毓賯丕亘."
賵亘丕賱胤亘毓 鬲賮乇丿鬲 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 廿賱賶 噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞貙 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱賲卮賰賱丕鬲 丕賱賲購鬲毓賱賯丞 亘丕賱賴噩乇丞 睾賷乇 丕賱卮乇毓賷丞貙 賵丨乇亘 丕賱毓氐丕亘丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱賳丕賲賷丞貙 賵賰購賱 匕賱賰 噩賲賷賱.. 賵賱賰賳 兀賴賲 賲賵囟賵毓 賱賲爻賳賷 卮禺氐賷丕賸.. 匕賱賰 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷禺氐 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞.. 丕賱丨購亘 亘毓丿賲丕 賷賴乇賲 噩爻丿賰貙 賵亘兀亘爻胤 丨乇賰丞 鬲賯賵賲 亘賴丕 賷購毓賱賳 噩爻丿賰 丕丨鬲噩丕噩賴.. 賮亘毓丿 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 賳氐賱 廿賱賶 爻賳 丕賱禺賲爻賷賳貙 賰賷賮 爻賳毓賷卮責 賰賷賮 爻賳丨亘責 賴匕丕 賰丕賳 賲賳 兀賱胤賮 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 毓賳賴貙 賵兀氐丿賯. 賱兀賳賴 乇購亘賲丕 賱賷爻 亘賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵毓丞貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨購亘 丿丕卅賲丕賸 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 賱胤賷賮丕賸 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲噩丿賴貙 兀賱賷爻 賰匕賱賰責
禺鬲丕賲丕賸..
乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 鬲賮鬲丨 賱賷 兀亘賵丕亘丕賸 賱毓賵丕賱賲 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 賵爻乇丿賴丕 丕賱乇丕卅毓貙 賵鬲毓丿賳賷 亘乇賵丕賷丕鬲 匕丕鬲 賲爻鬲賵賶 兀毓賱賶 賵兀賮囟賱.
賷購賳氐丨 亘賴丕.
November 6, 2017
EXCERPT: Richard Bowmaster was Lucia鈥檚 boss at New York University where she had a one year contract as a visiting professor. Once the semester was over, her life was a blank slate: she would need another job and somewhere else to live while she decided on her long term future. Sooner or later she would return to end her days in Chile, but that was still quite a way off. And since her daughter, Daniela, had moved to Miami to study marine biology, and was possibly in love and planning to stay, there was nothing to draw Lucia back to her home country. She intended to enjoy her remaining years of good health before she was defeated by decreptitude. She wanted to live abroad, where the daily challenges kept her mind occupied and her heart in relative calm, because in Chile she was crushed by the weight of the familiar, its routines and limitations. Back there she felt she was condemned to be a lonely old woman besieged by pointless memories; in another country, there could be surprises and opportunities.
THE BLURB: In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident鈥攚hich becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster鈥攁 60-year-old human rights scholar鈥攈its the car of Evelyn Ortega鈥攁 young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala鈥攊n the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor鈥檚 house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz鈥攁 62-year-old lecturer from Chile鈥攆or her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
MY THOUGHTS: What happened to Allende's beautiful lyrical writing? It is MIA in In the Midst of Winter. I think I only stopped twice to roll a passage of the text around my mind and my mouth. The writing felt flat, unlike the previous books by this author which I really enjoyed.
I found this story quite depressing, both in its characters and the plot, both of which frequently left me feeling annoyed.
The story is mainly told about the three central characters, Lucia, Evelyn and Richard and over several different timelines, past and present. This doesn鈥檛 flow seamlessly and I found myself getting irritated by the constant tooing and froing. It was like a film that has been badly spliced. Disjointed.
I was disappointed. But perhaps she was just having a bad year. I may just reread The Japanese Lover to banish this from my mind. Definitely not what I have come to love and expect from this usually brilliant author.
Thank you to Simon and Schuster via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Please refer to my 欧宝娱乐.com profile page or the 'about' page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
THE BLURB: In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident鈥攚hich becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster鈥攁 60-year-old human rights scholar鈥攈its the car of Evelyn Ortega鈥攁 young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala鈥攊n the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor鈥檚 house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz鈥攁 62-year-old lecturer from Chile鈥攆or her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
MY THOUGHTS: What happened to Allende's beautiful lyrical writing? It is MIA in In the Midst of Winter. I think I only stopped twice to roll a passage of the text around my mind and my mouth. The writing felt flat, unlike the previous books by this author which I really enjoyed.
I found this story quite depressing, both in its characters and the plot, both of which frequently left me feeling annoyed.
The story is mainly told about the three central characters, Lucia, Evelyn and Richard and over several different timelines, past and present. This doesn鈥檛 flow seamlessly and I found myself getting irritated by the constant tooing and froing. It was like a film that has been badly spliced. Disjointed.
I was disappointed. But perhaps she was just having a bad year. I may just reread The Japanese Lover to banish this from my mind. Definitely not what I have come to love and expect from this usually brilliant author.
Thank you to Simon and Schuster via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Please refer to my 欧宝娱乐.com profile page or the 'about' page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
November 13, 2020
賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱卮鬲丕亍
賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱氐賯賷毓 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱孬賱噩 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱鬲噩賲丿 馃槄
賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱噩丿乇丕賳 賵 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賳馗乇丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱毓亘乇丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱爻賳賷賳 丕賱賲毓鬲賲丞 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賮賯乇 賵丕賱丨丕噩丞 賵丕賱馗賱賲
丨賲賱鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 亘賷賳 丿賮鬲賷賴丕
丕賱丨亘 貙 丕賱丨乇亘 貙 丕賱馗賱賲 貙 丕賱噩賵毓 貙 丕賱乇睾亘丞 貙 丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘賯賷鬲 賲賰亘賵鬲丞 賱爻賳賷賳 賮賷 賳賮賵爻 丕氐丨丕亘賴丕 貙 丕丨鬲丕噩 丕賱兀賲乇 賮賯胤 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲毓孬乇 亘噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 貙 賱鬲亘丿兀 丕賱兀賱爻賳 亘丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 毓賳 爻賳賵丕鬲 氐賲鬲 禺賱鬲 貙 賵賲卮丕毓乇 丕禺鬲亘卅鬲 禺賱賮 噩丿乇丕賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷
" 丕賱賯賱亘 賱丕 賷賰爻乇 賲孬賱 亘賷囟丞 貙 賵丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 賲孬賱 亘賷囟丞 貙 兀賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 賰爻乇賴 賰賷 鬲賳爻賰亘 賲賳賴 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇"
孬賱丕孬 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲 丕賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮 貙 鬲乇賰賷亘丞 睾乇賷亘丞 賲賳 鬲乇賰賷亘丕鬲 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 貙 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱亘乇賮爻賵乇 丕賱噩丕賲毓賷 貙 爻賱亘賷 噩丿丕賸 賵囟毓賷賮 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 貙 賲匕亘匕亘 丨丿 丕賱賴賵爻 賵賴賵 賲丕 賲賰賳 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 噩丕乇鬲賴 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 亘卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵 匕賰丕卅賴丕 賵 爻乇毓丞 亘丿賷鬲賴丕听 賲賳 廿丨賰丕賲 爻賷胤乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賷賴 賱丕丨賯丕賸 賵丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賶 賯賱亘賴 貙 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱匕賷 鬲胤賲丨 廿賱賷賴 賲賳 爻賳賵丕鬲 貙 賵 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 賰丕賳鬲 噩爻乇 氐睾賷乇 賷丿毓賶 丕賷讪賷賱賷賳 貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 噩丕亍鬲 賲賳 兀賯爻賶 賲賳丕胤賯 丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱廿賴丕賳丞 貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱氐丕賲鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丕噩鬲丕夭鬲 兀賷丕賲 賵賱賷丕賱賺听 賲賳 丕賱賯賴乇 賵丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 賵丕賱毓匕丕亘 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞 .
"( 廿賳賰賸 賲丐孬乇丞 乇賴賷亘丞 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 賷丕 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 賯亘賱 兀賳賾 兀毓乇賮賰 賰賳鬲 乇噩賱丕賸 賳夭賷賴丕賸 貙 噩丿賾賷丕賸 貙 賵 兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丕賸 賱丕 鬲卮賵賷賴 卮丕卅亘丞 ...)
- 兀賳鬲 孬賯賷賱 賵 賲賲賱賾 賷丕 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賳馗乇 賰賷賮 賵賯毓鬲購 賮賷 丨亘賰 毓賱賶 丕賱乇賾睾賲 賲賳 匕賱賰 .
- 賱賲 丕賮賰乇 賯胤 賮賷 丕賳 賷賳鬲賴賷 亘賷 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 毓乇賯賱丞 爻賷乇 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 .
丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 賯丕爻 賺 賵丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 毓賲賷丕亍 "
氐丿賯鬲 賱賵孬賷丕 亘賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賯丕賱鬲賴丕 貙 賵賱丕 賷丨賯 賱乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱鬲匕賲乇 丕賵 丕賱賳賵丕丨賷 賮賴賵 賲賳 爻賲丨 賱賴丕 亘丕賱賯賷丕丿丞 馃榿
丕賷讪賷賱賷賳 貙 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲賵噩毓 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞
賱賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱丕囟胤賴丕丿 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳
亘丿兀鬲 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賱丕毓鬲賯丕丿賷 亘兀賳賴丕 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 貙 賵鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 丕賱禺丿毓丞 貙 賱丕鬲丕亘毓 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賱丕丨賯丕賸 賵賯丿 鬲睾賷乇鬲 賳馗乇鬲賷 賰賱賷丕賸
賲賳 丕賱乇丕卅毓 丕賳 賳賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賵賷 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賯氐丞 賵兀賰孬乇 賲賳 丨丿孬 亘兀賰孬乇 賲賳 夭賲賳
賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱氐賯賷毓 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱孬賱噩 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱鬲噩賲丿 馃槄
賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱噩丿乇丕賳 賵 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賳馗乇丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱毓亘乇丕鬲 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱爻賳賷賳 丕賱賲毓鬲賲丞 貙 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賮賯乇 賵丕賱丨丕噩丞 賵丕賱馗賱賲
丨賲賱鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 亘賷賳 丿賮鬲賷賴丕
丕賱丨亘 貙 丕賱丨乇亘 貙 丕賱馗賱賲 貙 丕賱噩賵毓 貙 丕賱乇睾亘丞 貙 丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘賯賷鬲 賲賰亘賵鬲丞 賱爻賳賷賳 賮賷 賳賮賵爻 丕氐丨丕亘賴丕 貙 丕丨鬲丕噩 丕賱兀賲乇 賮賯胤 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲毓孬乇 亘噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 貙 賱鬲亘丿兀 丕賱兀賱爻賳 亘丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 毓賳 爻賳賵丕鬲 氐賲鬲 禺賱鬲 貙 賵賲卮丕毓乇 丕禺鬲亘卅鬲 禺賱賮 噩丿乇丕賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷
" 丕賱賯賱亘 賱丕 賷賰爻乇 賲孬賱 亘賷囟丞 貙 賵丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 賲孬賱 亘賷囟丞 貙 兀賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 賰爻乇賴 賰賷 鬲賳爻賰亘 賲賳賴 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇"
孬賱丕孬 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲 丕賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮 貙 鬲乇賰賷亘丞 睾乇賷亘丞 賲賳 鬲乇賰賷亘丕鬲 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 貙 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱亘乇賮爻賵乇 丕賱噩丕賲毓賷 貙 爻賱亘賷 噩丿丕賸 賵囟毓賷賮 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 貙 賲匕亘匕亘 丨丿 丕賱賴賵爻 賵賴賵 賲丕 賲賰賳 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 噩丕乇鬲賴 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 亘卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵 匕賰丕卅賴丕 賵 爻乇毓丞 亘丿賷鬲賴丕听 賲賳 廿丨賰丕賲 爻賷胤乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賷賴 賱丕丨賯丕賸 賵丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賶 賯賱亘賴 貙 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱匕賷 鬲胤賲丨 廿賱賷賴 賲賳 爻賳賵丕鬲 貙 賵 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 賰丕賳鬲 噩爻乇 氐睾賷乇 賷丿毓賶 丕賷讪賷賱賷賳 貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 噩丕亍鬲 賲賳 兀賯爻賶 賲賳丕胤賯 丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱廿賴丕賳丞 貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱氐丕賲鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丕噩鬲丕夭鬲 兀賷丕賲 賵賱賷丕賱賺听 賲賳 丕賱賯賴乇 賵丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 賵丕賱毓匕丕亘 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞 .
"( 廿賳賰賸 賲丐孬乇丞 乇賴賷亘丞 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 賷丕 賱賵孬賷丕 貙 賯亘賱 兀賳賾 兀毓乇賮賰 賰賳鬲 乇噩賱丕賸 賳夭賷賴丕賸 貙 噩丿賾賷丕賸 貙 賵 兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丕賸 賱丕 鬲卮賵賷賴 卮丕卅亘丞 ...)
- 兀賳鬲 孬賯賷賱 賵 賲賲賱賾 賷丕 乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賳馗乇 賰賷賮 賵賯毓鬲購 賮賷 丨亘賰 毓賱賶 丕賱乇賾睾賲 賲賳 匕賱賰 .
- 賱賲 丕賮賰乇 賯胤 賮賷 丕賳 賷賳鬲賴賷 亘賷 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 毓乇賯賱丞 爻賷乇 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 .
丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 賯丕爻 賺 賵丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 毓賲賷丕亍 "
氐丿賯鬲 賱賵孬賷丕 亘賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賯丕賱鬲賴丕 貙 賵賱丕 賷丨賯 賱乇賷鬲卮丕乇丿 丕賱鬲匕賲乇 丕賵 丕賱賳賵丕丨賷 賮賴賵 賲賳 爻賲丨 賱賴丕 亘丕賱賯賷丕丿丞 馃榿
丕賷讪賷賱賷賳 貙 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲賵噩毓 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞
賱賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱丕囟胤賴丕丿 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳
亘丿兀鬲 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賱丕毓鬲賯丕丿賷 亘兀賳賴丕 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 貙 賵鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 丕賱禺丿毓丞 貙 賱丕鬲丕亘毓 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賱丕丨賯丕賸 賵賯丿 鬲睾賷乇鬲 賳馗乇鬲賷 賰賱賷丕賸
賲賳 丕賱乇丕卅毓 丕賳 賳賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賵賷 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賯氐丞 賵兀賰孬乇 賲賳 丨丿孬 亘兀賰孬乇 賲賳 夭賲賳
September 13, 2017
features three distinct individuals who are brought together during a crippling blizzard. All of Brooklyn is shut down. Richard Bowmaster, a 60-year-old academic, is on his way home from the emergency vet clinic when he rear-ends a vehicle driven by Evelyn Ortega, a youthful, fragile-looking undocumented Guatemalan. To his surprise and chagrin, she knocks on his door later that evening seeking help. Claiming limited Spanish-speaking skills, he enlists the aid of his tenant, 62-year-old Chilean lecturer and writer, Lucia Maraz. In truth, it is not so much Lucia鈥檚 language ability he requires as her presence, for he has long admired and desired her; in this situation, he feels uncomfortable about dealing with his obviously disquieted visitor. She is wide-eyed and fearful. She is silent, numb, and appears shell-shocked. When she does speak, she stammers. He needs wisdom and experience of a Latina woman.
What Evelyn reveals shocks him. Scares him. But he knows there is something else, something she is not saying. I must say, it startled me.
In alternating chapters, each character shares bits of his and her past while passing the time. Lucia grew up in Chile; she was in high school in the late sixties when her brother Enrique joined a group supporting Salvador Allende鈥檚 Socialist Party candidacy for president. She was a bit of a radical herself. In the chaos following Allende鈥檚 death, she fled Chile.
Richard Bowmaster is only slightly younger than Lucia. A widower now, he married a Brazilian woman and lived there so she could be near her family. A human rights scholar, he lives a solitary, seemingly lonely life in Brooklyn. He has a stomach ulcer that gives him trouble and plenty of quirks; mostly he is unable to forgive himself for the mistakes of his past and considers himself unlovable.
Evelyn seems like a broken doll 鈥� until you hear her entire story. Then you realize just how strong this young woman really is. She was raised by her grandmother is a poor, tiny village in Guatemala. After suffering a terrible ordeal, the local priest arranged to have her smuggled to the US to be reunited with family. Since arriving in New York, she has been working as a nanny for a boy with cerebral palsy. The boy鈥檚 father, Frank Leroy, has rejected him, ignores him. He beats his wife. The mother, Cheryl, dotes on her son but works out incessantly and drinks to escape the tortures of her marriage. Young Frankie and Evelyn are practically inseparable.
The present day story, frankly, is weak by comparison. I have to say that while not a total surprise, I liked the twist at the end. The whole thread just didn鈥檛 fit well with the other pieces of the story. However, I do think that Ms. Allende successfully created discomfort, certainly for me as a reader, and for Richard and Evelyn, forcing them to think and act outside their comfort zones. Evelyn, despite everything she had witnessed and survived, is still terrified. Why? For one, she has no credentials. Also, in her experience, law enforcement personnel are not friends of people like her. She doesn鈥檛 know who is trustworthy and who is not. Yet, she forges ahead. And Richard 鈥� he wants to do what is legal and moral and safe. He also wants Lucia in his life, and he is scared to death. He, too, keeps moving. Lucia. I love Lucia. She seems fearless. She鈥檚 a 鈥渏ust do it鈥� kind of gal.
Even though the plot seemed incongruous to me, I think that it served its purpose. During the time that Evelyn, Lucia, Richard (and the Chihuahua, Marcelo) spent together, we learn who each of them is, what he or she has been through, and what makes each one strong. If you don鈥檛 want to read tough details about life in Central and South America or about immigrants crossing the border and adapting to life in America, then you may want to skip this book altogether. Allende writes with grit, with heart and spirituality, and also with humor. One of my very favorite scenes in the book was when Lucia鈥檚 mother Lena was dying. It felt like a sacred moment, and I was in the room. There is another moment like this near the end of the story that involves Evelyn. Although Richard was my least favorite of the characters, I love the image about his hibernating heart. In retrospect, one of the things that strikes me most about the characters is the contrast between the real life experiences of the two women and Richard鈥檚 understanding of human rights as a scholar. While it is true that he lived and worked in Brazil and his wife Anita was Brazilian, he didn鈥檛 experience first-hand the poverty, torture, and rape that Lucia and Evelyn witnessed, suffered, and feared in their daily lives. Yet, he is damaged by tragic events of his own past and shelters himself from anything that might cause him discomfort. Then comes the thaw, in the form of Lucia. In the Midst of Winter was my introduction to Isabelle Allende鈥檚 writing, so I cannot compare to any previous works. Is it perfect? No. But I found it a very worthwhile read.
Thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books, and the author for making this book available to me. The views expressed in this review are my own.
4 stars
What Evelyn reveals shocks him. Scares him. But he knows there is something else, something she is not saying. I must say, it startled me.
In alternating chapters, each character shares bits of his and her past while passing the time. Lucia grew up in Chile; she was in high school in the late sixties when her brother Enrique joined a group supporting Salvador Allende鈥檚 Socialist Party candidacy for president. She was a bit of a radical herself. In the chaos following Allende鈥檚 death, she fled Chile.
Richard Bowmaster is only slightly younger than Lucia. A widower now, he married a Brazilian woman and lived there so she could be near her family. A human rights scholar, he lives a solitary, seemingly lonely life in Brooklyn. He has a stomach ulcer that gives him trouble and plenty of quirks; mostly he is unable to forgive himself for the mistakes of his past and considers himself unlovable.
Evelyn seems like a broken doll 鈥� until you hear her entire story. Then you realize just how strong this young woman really is. She was raised by her grandmother is a poor, tiny village in Guatemala. After suffering a terrible ordeal, the local priest arranged to have her smuggled to the US to be reunited with family. Since arriving in New York, she has been working as a nanny for a boy with cerebral palsy. The boy鈥檚 father, Frank Leroy, has rejected him, ignores him. He beats his wife. The mother, Cheryl, dotes on her son but works out incessantly and drinks to escape the tortures of her marriage. Young Frankie and Evelyn are practically inseparable.
The present day story, frankly, is weak by comparison. I have to say that while not a total surprise, I liked the twist at the end. The whole thread just didn鈥檛 fit well with the other pieces of the story. However, I do think that Ms. Allende successfully created discomfort, certainly for me as a reader, and for Richard and Evelyn, forcing them to think and act outside their comfort zones. Evelyn, despite everything she had witnessed and survived, is still terrified. Why? For one, she has no credentials. Also, in her experience, law enforcement personnel are not friends of people like her. She doesn鈥檛 know who is trustworthy and who is not. Yet, she forges ahead. And Richard 鈥� he wants to do what is legal and moral and safe. He also wants Lucia in his life, and he is scared to death. He, too, keeps moving. Lucia. I love Lucia. She seems fearless. She鈥檚 a 鈥渏ust do it鈥� kind of gal.
Even though the plot seemed incongruous to me, I think that it served its purpose. During the time that Evelyn, Lucia, Richard (and the Chihuahua, Marcelo) spent together, we learn who each of them is, what he or she has been through, and what makes each one strong. If you don鈥檛 want to read tough details about life in Central and South America or about immigrants crossing the border and adapting to life in America, then you may want to skip this book altogether. Allende writes with grit, with heart and spirituality, and also with humor. One of my very favorite scenes in the book was when Lucia鈥檚 mother Lena was dying. It felt like a sacred moment, and I was in the room. There is another moment like this near the end of the story that involves Evelyn. Although Richard was my least favorite of the characters, I love the image about his hibernating heart. In retrospect, one of the things that strikes me most about the characters is the contrast between the real life experiences of the two women and Richard鈥檚 understanding of human rights as a scholar. While it is true that he lived and worked in Brazil and his wife Anita was Brazilian, he didn鈥檛 experience first-hand the poverty, torture, and rape that Lucia and Evelyn witnessed, suffered, and feared in their daily lives. Yet, he is damaged by tragic events of his own past and shelters himself from anything that might cause him discomfort. Then comes the thaw, in the form of Lucia. In the Midst of Winter was my introduction to Isabelle Allende鈥檚 writing, so I cannot compare to any previous works. Is it perfect? No. But I found it a very worthwhile read.
Thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books, and the author for making this book available to me. The views expressed in this review are my own.
4 stars
August 16, 2020
Once again, Isabel Allende proves she is a master storyteller of character-driven historical fiction! In this story, she thrusts three unrelated people together in mysterious unforeseen circumstances. During the time when they plot about how to deal with their "problem", they share their heartbreaking life stories with each other. I especially developed an affinity to middle-aged Lucia. I felt a kinship to her when she describes her relationship issues and her mother's poignant death. This book lends itself well to interesting history lessons of Brazil, but especially Guatemala and Chile. I will definitely continue to read more by Allende!
November 25, 2017
Disappointed,as Allende is a great,sensitive writer,who paints characters so well.This book read like a trashy geriatric erotica with thrown in murder mystery and current immigration agenda.What could be so thought provocative and touching,story of Evelyn,the illegal immigrant from Guatemala,finding her better life,turned into a farce and love story for self-obsessed Richard and Lucia.We get sensitive-sih flashbacks to life stories of people who in modern day,are ridiculous and off-putting.Felt the stories didn't really stick together and were superficial.Disappointing and depthless.
September 20, 2017
I have been a fan of Ms. Allende ever since I read 鈥淒aughter of Fortune鈥� many, many years ago. I was looking forward to this book and the premise was a good one, but in the end it didn鈥檛 work for me. It seemed to me that Ms. Allende was trying to write an immigrant story but also a present day story filled with an unbelievable plot and three individuals who are all deeply scarred from their past. If this had been any other author I don鈥檛 know that I would have finished the book but I was looking forward to the end, to see how everything resolved. I rated it a three because there is, of course, still some great writing here.
The three main characters are Richard Bowmaster, Evelyn Ortega and Lucia Maraz. Richard lived in Chile for many years, married a woman there and had two children. Now he is a professor living in Brooklyn after terrible tragedies destroyed his marriage and the life that he had. He is quite solitary and lives alone with his cats, doesn鈥檛 have any friends and seldom goes out aside from work.
Evelyn Ortega is an illegal immigrant who lived in a tiny village in Guatemala and was being raised by her grandmother. Her mother left for the United States when she and her two brothers were young so that she could work and send money back to her mother to provide for the children. Evelyn was always a quiet, obedient child who never learned much English. Though her grandmother tried to raise all of the children with strict discipline and religion, the elder brother takes up with a gang and afterwards there are horrific consequences. A priest in her village arranges for Evelyn to illegally cross the border and then be reunited with her mother. Things don鈥檛 go very well for Evelyn during this ordeal but she is finally here and working for a family, the LeRoy鈥檚 who have a disabled son. She cares deeply for the boy but his father terrifies her.
Lucia Maraz has another story of deep sadness. She grew up in Chile, married and had a child. When the fragile marriage falls apart and her daughter is living in the states she immigrates to the United States. She has not only been through much political turmoil and upheaval but also suffers from an illness which scarred her emotionally and physically. Though in her sixties she has started a new life for herself as a lecturer and writer working at the same university as Richard, in fact he is the one who hired her and offered her the basement flat in his building as a rental.
The three are brought together, as the blurb for the book tells us, 鈥淚n the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident鈥攚hich becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster鈥攁 60-year-old human rights scholar鈥攈its the car of Evelyn Ortega鈥攁 young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala鈥攊n the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor鈥檚 house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz鈥攁 62-year-old lecturer from Chile鈥攆or her advice.鈥�
There were so many stops and starts in this book that the flow was terrible. The sweeping, beautiful, descriptive language that I admire so much from this writer didn鈥檛 come through in this book. The present day story had some humor and love but it wasn鈥檛 enough to keep me turning the pages and the ending was too easily brought together and not really believable.
I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher and Edelweiss, thank you.
The three main characters are Richard Bowmaster, Evelyn Ortega and Lucia Maraz. Richard lived in Chile for many years, married a woman there and had two children. Now he is a professor living in Brooklyn after terrible tragedies destroyed his marriage and the life that he had. He is quite solitary and lives alone with his cats, doesn鈥檛 have any friends and seldom goes out aside from work.
Evelyn Ortega is an illegal immigrant who lived in a tiny village in Guatemala and was being raised by her grandmother. Her mother left for the United States when she and her two brothers were young so that she could work and send money back to her mother to provide for the children. Evelyn was always a quiet, obedient child who never learned much English. Though her grandmother tried to raise all of the children with strict discipline and religion, the elder brother takes up with a gang and afterwards there are horrific consequences. A priest in her village arranges for Evelyn to illegally cross the border and then be reunited with her mother. Things don鈥檛 go very well for Evelyn during this ordeal but she is finally here and working for a family, the LeRoy鈥檚 who have a disabled son. She cares deeply for the boy but his father terrifies her.
Lucia Maraz has another story of deep sadness. She grew up in Chile, married and had a child. When the fragile marriage falls apart and her daughter is living in the states she immigrates to the United States. She has not only been through much political turmoil and upheaval but also suffers from an illness which scarred her emotionally and physically. Though in her sixties she has started a new life for herself as a lecturer and writer working at the same university as Richard, in fact he is the one who hired her and offered her the basement flat in his building as a rental.
The three are brought together, as the blurb for the book tells us, 鈥淚n the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident鈥攚hich becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster鈥攁 60-year-old human rights scholar鈥攈its the car of Evelyn Ortega鈥攁 young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala鈥攊n the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor鈥檚 house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz鈥攁 62-year-old lecturer from Chile鈥攆or her advice.鈥�
There were so many stops and starts in this book that the flow was terrible. The sweeping, beautiful, descriptive language that I admire so much from this writer didn鈥檛 come through in this book. The present day story had some humor and love but it wasn鈥檛 enough to keep me turning the pages and the ending was too easily brought together and not really believable.
I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher and Edelweiss, thank you.
December 11, 2019
螘蠀魏慰位慰未喂维尾伪蟽蟿慰. 唯喂位慰蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂慰蠉位伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 畏 蠋蟻伪 蟺伪蟻蠈位慰 蟺慰蠀 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 胃伪 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂蟼 谓伪 蟽蠀谓未蔚胃蔚委蟼 渭蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 萎蟻蠅伪. 螌蟿伪谓 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰 蠀蟺慰纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 畏 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 螜味伪渭蟺苇位 螒位喂苇谓蟿蔚 伪蠀蟿慰渭维蟿蠅蟼 纬委谓蔚蟽伪喂 蟺喂慰 伪蟺伪喂蟿畏蟿喂魏蠈蟼. 螕喂伪 蟿慰 渭苇纬蔚胃慰蟼 蟿蠅谓 未蠀谓伪蟿慰蟿萎蟿蠅谓 蟿畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏蟻喂蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟺伪位伪喂蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 未蔚委纬渭伪蟿伪 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼 蟿畏蟼, 渭苇蟿蟻喂慰. 螌蠂喂 魏伪魏蠈 伪位位维 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 味畏位蔚蠀蟿蠈. 危伪谓 谓伪 蠂蔚喂 蠂维蟽蔚喂 位委纬慰 蟿畏谓 味蠅谓蟿维谓喂伪 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺苇谓伪 蟿畏蟼 畏 螒位喂苇谓蟿蔚 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪.
November 21, 2017
I have always been a Isabel Allende reader and admirer. As one of her millions of devoted followers, I feel blessed to have read her latest book.
Two people slowly fall in love; the reader is taken on a historical tour through Chili, Brazil, Guatemala, Canada; human trafficking; drugs and alcoholism; a murder mystery; and a few I might have forgotten. The story is packed with adventure, nostalgia, remorse, and so much more.
I was thinking about the associations we make between elements of our experiences. The role of music. How memories are evoked when certain songs play on the radio. Some recall good, and others bad memories. This is Allende's style. She feeds the reader amazing, very often shocking stories, in rhythmic poetic prose. There is always music in her words. Honest, autobiographical elements combined with mysticism and hard historical fictional facts.
Human trafficking is strongly spotlighted in this tale. This 'industry' followed the same route as alcohol through history. Where prohibition kicked in, the activities went underground. Where slavery was legally abolished, it became next to drugs and gun smuggling, one of the biggest, unregulated monstrosities of the underworld. While providing an avenue for money laundering, human exploitation, illegal immigration, and political corruption, it leaves its consequences for the tax payer to face in the form of higher taxes to cover the cost of policing, drug and alcohol rehabilitation services and everything else falling within the parameters of its vast networks. It's unstoppable and thriving.
Nevertheless, Allende throws in a romance and all the other sweet thrills to provide a contemporary, enjoyable read for various genre lovers. The atmospheric tale did not grip me as much as her earlier works such as House of Spirits and Eva Luna, which captured a global audience with her magical realism. There is a strong element of 鈥渓iterary elephantiasis鈥� ( Stephen King's term for his books which tend to bloat), as well as crowd-sourcing present. Too many issues to attract as many readers as possible. It can be found in many authors's works of course. Louise Penny is doing the same and it leaves me wanting for the old charm of their previous books. However, her wit and charm remains classic Allende in all her sweet, compassionate and mesmerizing self. Sadly, I felt like reading headlines in novel form.
Apart from that, Allende went through enough tragedy, challenges, and misery herself, which enables her to portray her characters with so much depth. Like Lucia in the book, Isabel is blessed with liviano de sangre - a Chilean expression for someone who is good natured and loved without meaning to, or for no obvious reason. Her stories are laced with her humor and wit which adds more soul to her work.
THE BLURB
New York Times and worldwide bestselling 鈥渄azzling storyteller鈥� (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil.
From the Introduction to the Reading Group Guide for the book
A blizzard in New York City brings together three strikingly different people, each burdened with a difficult past. Lucia, an aging Chilean writer who has survived political exile, disease, and betrayal, is marooned with her dog in a basement apartment in Brooklyn. Richard, an academic chairman at NYU, is a broken man haunted by guilt for his fatal failures as a husband and father. And Evelyn, a brave young Guatemalan woman, is an undocumented home health aide who fled her native country due to gang violence, which claimed the lives of her two brothers and very nearly destroyed her own. Over the course of several days, these three鈥攅ach a misfit in a different way鈥攁re forced by circumstances into a rare level of intimacy. As the result of a shocking crime, they depart on a precarious epic journey that reveals their painful inner demons and ultimately enables them to forge a tentative peace with their pasts.
Two people slowly fall in love; the reader is taken on a historical tour through Chili, Brazil, Guatemala, Canada; human trafficking; drugs and alcoholism; a murder mystery; and a few I might have forgotten. The story is packed with adventure, nostalgia, remorse, and so much more.
I was thinking about the associations we make between elements of our experiences. The role of music. How memories are evoked when certain songs play on the radio. Some recall good, and others bad memories. This is Allende's style. She feeds the reader amazing, very often shocking stories, in rhythmic poetic prose. There is always music in her words. Honest, autobiographical elements combined with mysticism and hard historical fictional facts.
Human trafficking is strongly spotlighted in this tale. This 'industry' followed the same route as alcohol through history. Where prohibition kicked in, the activities went underground. Where slavery was legally abolished, it became next to drugs and gun smuggling, one of the biggest, unregulated monstrosities of the underworld. While providing an avenue for money laundering, human exploitation, illegal immigration, and political corruption, it leaves its consequences for the tax payer to face in the form of higher taxes to cover the cost of policing, drug and alcohol rehabilitation services and everything else falling within the parameters of its vast networks. It's unstoppable and thriving.
Nevertheless, Allende throws in a romance and all the other sweet thrills to provide a contemporary, enjoyable read for various genre lovers. The atmospheric tale did not grip me as much as her earlier works such as House of Spirits and Eva Luna, which captured a global audience with her magical realism. There is a strong element of 鈥渓iterary elephantiasis鈥� ( Stephen King's term for his books which tend to bloat), as well as crowd-sourcing present. Too many issues to attract as many readers as possible. It can be found in many authors's works of course. Louise Penny is doing the same and it leaves me wanting for the old charm of their previous books. However, her wit and charm remains classic Allende in all her sweet, compassionate and mesmerizing self. Sadly, I felt like reading headlines in novel form.
Apart from that, Allende went through enough tragedy, challenges, and misery herself, which enables her to portray her characters with so much depth. Like Lucia in the book, Isabel is blessed with liviano de sangre - a Chilean expression for someone who is good natured and loved without meaning to, or for no obvious reason. Her stories are laced with her humor and wit which adds more soul to her work.
THE BLURB
New York Times and worldwide bestselling 鈥渄azzling storyteller鈥� (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil.
From the Introduction to the Reading Group Guide for the book
A blizzard in New York City brings together three strikingly different people, each burdened with a difficult past. Lucia, an aging Chilean writer who has survived political exile, disease, and betrayal, is marooned with her dog in a basement apartment in Brooklyn. Richard, an academic chairman at NYU, is a broken man haunted by guilt for his fatal failures as a husband and father. And Evelyn, a brave young Guatemalan woman, is an undocumented home health aide who fled her native country due to gang violence, which claimed the lives of her two brothers and very nearly destroyed her own. Over the course of several days, these three鈥攅ach a misfit in a different way鈥攁re forced by circumstances into a rare level of intimacy. As the result of a shocking crime, they depart on a precarious epic journey that reveals their painful inner demons and ultimately enables them to forge a tentative peace with their pasts.
November 14, 2020
賷賰賮賷賰 鬲賲乇睾丕賸 賮賷 兀丨夭丕賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 貙 丕賱毓賱丕噩 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賱賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賰亘丕鬲 賴賵 丕賱丨亘 ..
賱賲 兀賰賳 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 賲賳 丕賱賲鬲丨丕賲賱賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丨亘 貙 賵賱丕 賵賯賮鬲購 賲乇丞賸 囟丿 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷賾 賱賱亘卮乇 貙 亘賱 賱胤丕賱賲丕 丌賲賳鬲 亘丕賱丨亘 賰賲購賳賯賽匕 貙 賵 亘丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賰賲亘丿兀 賵丨賷丿 賱鬲乇鬲賷亘 賮賵囟賵賷丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 .
賱賰賳 賲丕 賯丿賲鬲賴 賱賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 亘丕賴鬲丕賸 貙 亘丕乇丿丕賸 貙 賵 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賾 兀爻賵兀 賲丕 鬲購賳毓鬲 亘賴 毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕孬賳賷賳 - 兀賷賾 丕孬賳賷賳 - 賴賷 兀賳賴丕 亘丕乇丿丞 貙 禺丕氐丞賸 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲購毓賳賶 亘丕賱賮購乇氐 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賵 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱亘丿亍 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 .
毓丕氐賮丞 孬賱噩賷丞 貙 賵 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 貙 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰 賲氐丕卅乇 賱亘卮乇 賱賲 賷賱鬲賯賵丕 ... 貙 賴賷 丕賱賲賰賵賳丕鬲 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 賱胤亘賯 兀丿亘賷賾 賱匕賷匕 貙 亘卮乇胤 兀賳 鬲購毓丿 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 噩賷丿丕賸 貙 賵 鬲購鬲乇賰 賱鬲賳囟噩 亘兀賳丕丞 貙 賮購鬲噩亘乇 丕賱賯丕乇卅 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賴丕賲賴丕 亘卮賴賷丞 賲賮鬲賵丨丞 貙 賵 丕賱鬲賱匕匕 亘賴丕 丨鬲賶 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 .
賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 賱賲 兀噩丿賴 賮賷 毓賲賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 貙 賮亘乇睾賲 爻賱丕爻丞 爻乇丿賴丕 貙 賵 噩賵丿丞 亘賳丕亍 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賾 丕賱乇亘胤 亘賷賳賴賲 噩丕亍 爻丕匕噩丕賸 貙 賵 丕賱胤乇賷賯 賲鬲賵賯毓丕賸 貙 賵 丕賱丨亘賰丞 鬲丨賲賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賴卮丕卮丞 賵毓丿賲 丕賱丕賯賳丕毓 .
賵 賱賰賵賳賴丕 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賮兀賳丕 兀卮毓乇 亘禺賷亘丞 兀賲賱 貙 丨賷孬 賱賲 鬲賱丕賲爻 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 貙 賲賱兀鬲賿 賵賯鬲賷 貙 賵 乇亘賲丕 兀賲鬲毓鬲賳賷 賯賱賷賱丕賸 貙 賱賰賳賴丕 賱賱兀爻賮 賱賲 鬲購亘賴乇賳賷 ..
賱賲 兀賰賳 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 賲賳 丕賱賲鬲丨丕賲賱賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丨亘 貙 賵賱丕 賵賯賮鬲購 賲乇丞賸 囟丿 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷賾 賱賱亘卮乇 貙 亘賱 賱胤丕賱賲丕 丌賲賳鬲 亘丕賱丨亘 賰賲購賳賯賽匕 貙 賵 亘丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賰賲亘丿兀 賵丨賷丿 賱鬲乇鬲賷亘 賮賵囟賵賷丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 .
賱賰賳 賲丕 賯丿賲鬲賴 賱賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 亘丕賴鬲丕賸 貙 亘丕乇丿丕賸 貙 賵 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賾 兀爻賵兀 賲丕 鬲購賳毓鬲 亘賴 毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕孬賳賷賳 - 兀賷賾 丕孬賳賷賳 - 賴賷 兀賳賴丕 亘丕乇丿丞 貙 禺丕氐丞賸 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲購毓賳賶 亘丕賱賮購乇氐 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賵 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱亘丿亍 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 .
毓丕氐賮丞 孬賱噩賷丞 貙 賵 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 貙 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰 賲氐丕卅乇 賱亘卮乇 賱賲 賷賱鬲賯賵丕 ... 貙 賴賷 丕賱賲賰賵賳丕鬲 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 賱胤亘賯 兀丿亘賷賾 賱匕賷匕 貙 亘卮乇胤 兀賳 鬲購毓丿 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 噩賷丿丕賸 貙 賵 鬲購鬲乇賰 賱鬲賳囟噩 亘兀賳丕丞 貙 賮購鬲噩亘乇 丕賱賯丕乇卅 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賴丕賲賴丕 亘卮賴賷丞 賲賮鬲賵丨丞 貙 賵 丕賱鬲賱匕匕 亘賴丕 丨鬲賶 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 .
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May 6, 2022
丕賱爻鬲 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱丕 丕賱賱賴 賷乇囟賶 毓賳賴丕 噩賲毓鬲 賵丕丨丿 丕賲乇賷賰賷 賲毓 卮丕亘丞 賲賳 噩賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 賲毓 爻鬲 鬲卮賷賱賷丞 (鬲噩乇亘鬲賴丕 賮賷賴丕 賰鬲賷乇 賲賳 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱丕 賳賮爻賴丕) 毓卮丕賳 賷鬲氐乇賮賵丕 賮賷 噩孬丞 卮丕亘丞 賲賯鬲賵賱丞 丕鬲賵乇胤賵丕 賲毓丕賴丕 亘丕賱氐丿賮丞. 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯賱賯 丿賴 賰賱賴 噩丕亘鬲 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱毓賳賮 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賱賷 賵噩賵丕鬲賷賲丕賱丕 賵賲卮丕賰賱 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 賵丕賱賱丕噩卅賷賳貙 賵亘賱胤丕賮鬲賴丕 丕賱賲毓賴賵丿丞貙 亘乇睾賲 丕賱兀賱賲貙 丿毓賲鬲 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 亘卮乇丨 賲卮丕毓乇 賲禺鬲賱賮丞.. 禺賵賮貙 丨亘 睾賷乇 賲卮乇賵胤貙 鬲囟丨賷丕鬲貙 禺賳丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 禺賷乇 賵卮乇貙 賷毓賳賷 丕賷賴 毓丿丕賱丞 廿賱賴賷丞貙 丕賱禺乇賵噩 賲賳 賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱兀賲丕賳 賵賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賲禺丕賵賮 賵丨丕噩丕鬲 賰鬲賷乇 噩丿丕 氐毓亘 鬲鬲卮乇丨 賮賷 賲乇丕噩毓丞.
丕賱噩賲賷賱 兀賳 賯氐丞 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 丕鬲囟丨鬲 賵鬲胤賵乇鬲 賵丕丨丿丞 賵丕丨丿丞. 賰賱 賮氐賱 賲毓賳賵賳 亘丕爻賲 賵賲賰丕賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵賮賷 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱禺賷賵胤 亘鬲鬲乇亘胤 亘亘毓囟賴丕.
孬丕賱孬 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲毓丕賴丕 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賱賲 鬲禺匕賱賳賷. 兀鬲賲賳賶 賷賵賲丕 賲丕 丕賯丿乇 丕賯乇兀 賱賴丕 亘賱睾鬲賴丕 亘丿賵賳 賵爻賷胤.
賰丕賳鬲 兀丨賱賶 丨賱賵賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賷丿 賵賱賵賱丕 賱賷丕賱賷 丿賵乇賷 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 賰丕賳 夭賲丕賳賴丕 禺賱氐鬲 賲賳 賷賵賲賷賳 賲孬賱丕. 亘爻 兀賳丕 丨亘賷 賱賱賰賵乇丞 丿賴 賲賵丿賷賳賷 賮賷 丿丕賴賷丞馃檪
丕賱噩賲賷賱 兀賳 賯氐丞 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 丕鬲囟丨鬲 賵鬲胤賵乇鬲 賵丕丨丿丞 賵丕丨丿丞. 賰賱 賮氐賱 賲毓賳賵賳 亘丕爻賲 賵賲賰丕賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵賮賷 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱禺賷賵胤 亘鬲鬲乇亘胤 亘亘毓囟賴丕.
孬丕賱孬 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲毓丕賴丕 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賱賲 鬲禺匕賱賳賷. 兀鬲賲賳賶 賷賵賲丕 賲丕 丕賯丿乇 丕賯乇兀 賱賴丕 亘賱睾鬲賴丕 亘丿賵賳 賵爻賷胤.
賰丕賳鬲 兀丨賱賶 丨賱賵賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賷丿 賵賱賵賱丕 賱賷丕賱賷 丿賵乇賷 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 賰丕賳 夭賲丕賳賴丕 禺賱氐鬲 賲賳 賷賵賲賷賳 賲孬賱丕. 亘爻 兀賳丕 丨亘賷 賱賱賰賵乇丞 丿賴 賲賵丿賷賳賷 賮賷 丿丕賴賷丞馃檪
February 5, 2018
Tres personajes diferentes, unidos por una situaci贸n excepcional, casi tragic贸mica.
Una novela que tiene todos los condimentos caracter铆sticos de las historias de esta autora. Amor. Humor. Amistad. Madurez. Iron铆a. Cr铆tica social y pol铆tica. Emoci贸n. Realismo m谩gico. Espiritualidad.
Esta escritora me puede. Siempre.
Una novela que tiene todos los condimentos caracter铆sticos de las historias de esta autora. Amor. Humor. Amistad. Madurez. Iron铆a. Cr铆tica social y pol铆tica. Emoci贸n. Realismo m谩gico. Espiritualidad.
Esta escritora me puede. Siempre.
February 25, 2021
The writing was great, the idea was fantastic... the actual book a bit disappointing.
What i would recommend with this is that if you are interested in reading this book know this:
The english translation is beautifully written, but the plot itself is very wide reaching, telling four different story lines at the same time and mixing them together in a way that i personally didn't love.
But if you don't mind different plots mixing together as if they are connected even thought they are not, highly recommend this book.
If you are more like me and you do not necessarily want to read plots mixed together that makes them feel like backstories of peoples lives are compared to one another simply because they are told in bits and pieces that make it seem like "lets see who had the hardest time!", maybe don't read this one!
Things i loved:
- The "older" characters!
We have a 62 year old woman and her landlord/friend that is around the same age (maybe a few years older) and its fantastic to see a book with more characters that are not 19 or 20 years old, especially in adult books!
its nice to just have some more mature characters in a book, that don't just play the role of the batty grandmother!
- the writing
i am given a lot of credits to the translator for that one, since i have read a previous book by Allende that was written very choppily and not at all enjoyable to read. So i am guessing that Allende's actual writing style is somewhere in the middle of this beautifully written piece and the almost unreadable other book i read by her! I could be wrong about that i can't read Spanish to say for sure, so if you can, please let me know!
so points to the translator that made the entire story so nice to read! The writing just worked very nicely and made the reading super easy even in moments that i felt a bit like the actual plot dragged on.
What i didn't like:
- the constant switch between the background of three characters and the "now" where they are together in Brooklyn telling those stories
Let me explain that a bit:
I think the immigration stories of the two women are great! Very timely, very fitting, nicely done.
And even the backstory of the man was interesting.
But it was a bit much in my option to mix all those three different yet similarly toned stories together in this way. It took away from the actual stories themselves to have them basically compared to one another. (at least that it what it felt like to me!)
Also with the strange moments of them being together in Brooklyn it just felt unconnected and cobbled together in the strangest way!
That might be because i found the entire Brooklyn side of the story strange and didn't really understand why that was necessary for the other parts of the book!
To me it just felt like Allende tried to fit too much into one book.
Not sure if that was because she wanted to have the book a specific length and didn't know how else to get there, or if she personally thought it all fitted together the way it is written... i have no idea.
But for me it was too much, too wildly almost randomly mixed together that it felt disrupting and not at all like i personally enjoy my stories to be written.
Still it is not a bad book.
It has fantastic points.
I especially love that Richard (the main man) pretty early on in the book complains about all the sex scenes in movies that feel to him like the film makers just did not know what to do with those 15 to 20 minutes so strange sex scenes that have nothing to do with the rest of the movie were added into it! And how he misses the times where those moments where hinted at with closing doors or clicking of the lights.
because yes! Thank you! I felt that way for YEARS! So its so nice to see someone mentioning how unbecoming, unnecessary and stupid those many sex scenes are! Which sadly doesn't only goes with movies, but the endless amounts of books that also add unnecessary descriptive sex scenes when it is completely unnecessary or has anything to do with the story, plot or book itself and is just about as fitting as it would have been if the author would describe the main character picking his nose or sitting on the toilet!
going off on a tantrum here! Sorry.
I just loved some parts of the book, some bits of the characters immensely, i could see clear understanding between how Allende sees the world and how i myself see it.
So there were defiantly great bits in this book.
But sadly a lot of it just didn't work for me personally.
Its still the first book of hers that i actually partly enjoyed.
And even though this book wasn't as fantastic as i wanted it to be or hoped it would be or gave me everything i expect this author can do, it still showed me that i just have to try a bit harder with this author, and find the hidden gems that she surely has to offer that are perfect for me!
December 21, 2017
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER
Isabel Allende
MY RATING 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍鈻笍
PUBLISHER Simon and Schuster Audio
PUBLISHED November 2, 2017
A relevant and lyrical novel that runs the gamut of emotions, blending humor, tragedy, depression and love.
SUMMARY
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER begins with a minor traffic accident on a snowy morning in Brooklyn. Richard Bowmaster, a depressed 60-year-old human rights professor slides on the snow into the rear a white Lexus causing some minor damage. The Lexus is driven by Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented Guatemala immigrant who works as a nanny for a New York gangster. She immediately drives off, as Richard throw his business card through her window. The accident takes a serious turn when Evelyn shows up on Richard鈥檚 doorstep later that evening in immense distress and uncommunicative. Not knowing what to do, Richard calls his downstairs tenant Lucia Maraz, a 62-year-old visiting professor from Chile, for help. After several hours, Richard and Lucia are finally able to understand the full extent of Evelyn鈥檚 plight regarding the accident and they agree to help her. Later the next day the three travel together to upstate New York in an attempt to resolve Evelyn鈥檚 issue. During this trip the story branches into the backstories for each of three protagonists. The backstories, a significant part of the novel takes the reader to Guatemala, Chile and Brazil. Ultimately, a charming unexpected love story develops between Richard and Lucia, who both had given up on ever finding love again.
REVIEW
ISABEL ALLENDE has artfully woven a lyrical novel running the gamut of emotions. This spellbinding novel creatively blends humor, tragedy, depression and love. It takes us places we have never been and shows us things we have never seen. The backstories for each of the three protagonists are tragic, yet here they are in New York trudging though the snow and helping a stranger. The novel is informative and revealing, and at the same time gives us hope, that after the worst thing that could ever happen to you happens, good may ultimately follow, in the most unexpected circumstances.
Lucia鈥檚 character was adorable and steals the show, she is feisty and full spunk. She sums up this amazing story when she tells Richard, 鈥淓nough wallowing in the sorrows of the past. The only cure for so much misfortune is love.鈥� Richard, on the other hand, adds much levity to the story by his eccentricities and his stomach problems. Evelyn, is in a word, resilient. She has been through more than we can imagine and she still manages to show care and compassion for others. All three diverse characters uniquely come together to form the perfect ensemble in a most relevant book.
鈥淚n the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.鈥�
- Albert Camus
Isabel Allende
MY RATING 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍鈻笍
PUBLISHER Simon and Schuster Audio
PUBLISHED November 2, 2017
A relevant and lyrical novel that runs the gamut of emotions, blending humor, tragedy, depression and love.
SUMMARY
IN THE MIDST OF WINTER begins with a minor traffic accident on a snowy morning in Brooklyn. Richard Bowmaster, a depressed 60-year-old human rights professor slides on the snow into the rear a white Lexus causing some minor damage. The Lexus is driven by Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented Guatemala immigrant who works as a nanny for a New York gangster. She immediately drives off, as Richard throw his business card through her window. The accident takes a serious turn when Evelyn shows up on Richard鈥檚 doorstep later that evening in immense distress and uncommunicative. Not knowing what to do, Richard calls his downstairs tenant Lucia Maraz, a 62-year-old visiting professor from Chile, for help. After several hours, Richard and Lucia are finally able to understand the full extent of Evelyn鈥檚 plight regarding the accident and they agree to help her. Later the next day the three travel together to upstate New York in an attempt to resolve Evelyn鈥檚 issue. During this trip the story branches into the backstories for each of three protagonists. The backstories, a significant part of the novel takes the reader to Guatemala, Chile and Brazil. Ultimately, a charming unexpected love story develops between Richard and Lucia, who both had given up on ever finding love again.
REVIEW
ISABEL ALLENDE has artfully woven a lyrical novel running the gamut of emotions. This spellbinding novel creatively blends humor, tragedy, depression and love. It takes us places we have never been and shows us things we have never seen. The backstories for each of the three protagonists are tragic, yet here they are in New York trudging though the snow and helping a stranger. The novel is informative and revealing, and at the same time gives us hope, that after the worst thing that could ever happen to you happens, good may ultimately follow, in the most unexpected circumstances.
Lucia鈥檚 character was adorable and steals the show, she is feisty and full spunk. She sums up this amazing story when she tells Richard, 鈥淓nough wallowing in the sorrows of the past. The only cure for so much misfortune is love.鈥� Richard, on the other hand, adds much levity to the story by his eccentricities and his stomach problems. Evelyn, is in a word, resilient. She has been through more than we can imagine and she still manages to show care and compassion for others. All three diverse characters uniquely come together to form the perfect ensemble in a most relevant book.
鈥淚n the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.鈥�
- Albert Camus
November 4, 2017
A tale of a middle-aged academic woman in Brooklyn, Lucia, joining forces with a male colleague (and landlord and department head), Richard, to help a young undocumented woman from Guatemala in serious trouble, Evelyn. The latter works as a nanny to a gangster figure, whose car she has borrowed turns out to have a body in its trunk. Deportation is unacceptable because the gang MS-13 is targeting her and her family. The effort to help pulls Lucia and Richard out of safe routines, revives the spirit from their youth of political action for the persecuted, and tips them toward a quirky romance. The plot in the current time for the story imitates a thriller while deflating into a situational comedy. Meanwhile, the individual backstories of the three characters takes us into diverse harrowing tales of their families鈥� disruption from political upheaval and personal stories of migration into exile. Lucia had to flee Chile after Allende鈥檚 toppling by CIA-backed military coup (the author鈥檚 cousin), whereas Richard鈥檚 father was a German Jew who escaped the Nazis in World War 2, and he lived through political turmoils in Brazil. Evelyn鈥檚 story of survival from events of family destruction, rape, and violence is the worst of all, and her courage and perseverance wins our heart as well as that of Lucia and Richard.
All this history is certainly educational and the characters engage the reader鈥檚 concerns, but ultimately the look backwards into their different histories diffused a lot of the drama in the tale. I appreciated better some of Allende鈥檚 historical dramas, such as her 鈥淚sland Beneath the Sea鈥�, which features lives caught up in the slave rebellion that liberated Haiti at the turn of the 18th century.
This book was provided by the publisher for review through the Netgalley program.
All this history is certainly educational and the characters engage the reader鈥檚 concerns, but ultimately the look backwards into their different histories diffused a lot of the drama in the tale. I appreciated better some of Allende鈥檚 historical dramas, such as her 鈥淚sland Beneath the Sea鈥�, which features lives caught up in the slave rebellion that liberated Haiti at the turn of the 18th century.
This book was provided by the publisher for review through the Netgalley program.
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