Chernobyl Strawberries: A Memoir |
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Vesna Goldsworthy
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Pages: 304 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1843544156
Pub: Atlantic Books
Pub date: 2006-03-09
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 163686
Reader Reviews:
Interesting historical read (0/0 people found this helpful)
I did enjoy this book and found it v.easy to read (I finished it in a day being bed bound with the flu!). Although I did like this book I didn't feel it quite matched up to it's covers accolades. I also feel, given the historical context of the book, set in former Yugoslavia, it would have been helpful to have had a map outlining the areas talked about in the book. The family photos, although interesting, arn't in chronological order e.g. childhood pictures of the author are scattered throughout the book. I thought, as the book progressed to the author moving to England and marrying an English man a wedding picture of them might ? have been more appropriate at this point. Where I feel this book wins it that it does give a v. interesting 'hands on' personal account of an eastern European country in political, communist turmoil during the 1950's onwards. So for anyone especailly interested in this area, this is a book for you. One, other minor comment is that, as a British person, I think I would have found it useful to have had at the beginning, a brief chronolgical list of historical events going on during the era of the book to help put a historical/political context to the book (just as a point of reference). But all in all, quite a good, unsentimental and at time touching read.
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