Dagmara Dominczyk
Autor(a) de The Lullaby of Polish Girls
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Image credit: Suzanne Rozdeba
Obras por Dagmara Dominczyk
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Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine… (2020) — Contribuidor — 69 exemplares
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 104
- Popularidade
- #184,481
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Críticas
- 21
- ISBN
- 10
- Línguas
- 1
The image on the cover of 3 young girls at an "Alice in Wonderland" tea party was amusing and thought provoking. I wondered how that image tied into the story. I read the one page pronunciation guide to Polish - you'll need to keep that handy or skip all the Polish vocabulary.
Then I launched into the first chapter which is set in 2002. Each sub-section is devoted to one of the three girls - hmm, I wondered if one of them would become the primary protaganist. Chapter 2 - what? It's set in 1989.
Dagmara Dominczyk anchors her book in 2002, drops back to 1989 when the girls first met and then swings back to "present" again. Each time shift is shorter. It's a structure that could have been problematic, but it's executed very well. I was wrong assuming that good character development doesn't happen in such a short book - a good writer can do that and cover more than a decade of time as well.
Dagmara's three girls are likeable - but not all the time. Just like real people. The structure of the book shows how their lives connect, disconnect and reconnect. Just like some real-life friendships. Their life choices wouldn't have been mine, but I enjoyed seeing where those choices took them and how it affected future choices.
The book includes a study guide for book groups and this is a very good choice for book clubs. It will provide rich material for discussions. Please note that it contains much vulgar language and frank descriptions of sexual behavior (though not gratuitous in my opinion).
Full disclosure: I won this in a Goodreads giveaway.… (mais)