Jacqueline Baker
Forfatter af The Broken Hours
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- Fødselsdato
- 1967
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Bopæl
- Valemount, British Columbia, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Medlemmer
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- Værker
- 4
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 108
- Popularitet
- #179,297
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 5
- ISBN
- 16
This is set near the Sand Hills in Saskatchewan near the Alberta border. It starts in 1909, but quickly moves on to the next generation. I wouldn’t have known it from the story, but the majority of the farmers living nearby are German immigrants, (I think) via Russia.
All these things should have been more interesting to me with a German (via Russia) family background, and I grew up in Southern Sask and have been to the Sand Hills.
I feel like 2.5 might even be a bit generous. There was one storyline that was (somewhat) interesting, but mostly this was boring. I wasn’t all that interested, and I was confused by who some of the characters were and how they related to the story. Well, they were all in the same town/area, but otherwise… Drove me nuts the one character was simply called “the boy”. Seriously? He doesn’t have a name? Come on!… (mere)