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Indlæser... Brooklyn Bridgeaf Karen Hesse
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. It's the summer of 1903 in Brooklyn and all fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom wants is to experience the thrill, the grandeur, and the electricity of the new amusement park at Coney Island. But that doesn't seem likely. Ever since his parents Russian immigrants invented the stuffed Teddy Bear five months ago, Joseph's life has turned upside down. No longer do the Michtoms gather family and friends around the kitchen table to talk. No longer is Joseph at leisure to play stickball with the guys. Now, Joseph works. And complains. And falls in love. And argues with Mama and Papa. And falls out of love. And hopes. Joseph hopes he'll see Coney Island soon. He hopes that everything will turn right-side up again. He hopes his luck hasn't run out because you never know. Through all the warmth, the sadness, the frustration, and the laughter of one big, colorful family, Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse builds a stunning story of the lucky, the unlucky, and those in between, and reminds us that our lives all our lives are fragile, precious, and connected. Narrated by Fred Berman. A delightful story about the day-to-day life of a Jewish Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn. Joseph, the older son, knows his family is extremely lucky to have succeeded in the teddy bear business but with so much work put into it, all he dreams of is taking a break and enjoying a day at Coney Island. Until then, the family experiences the ups and downs of life: sister Emily gets to establish a home lending library; the baby develops pneumonia; a matriarch aunt dies. Interludes between chapters describe a society of rejected and homeless kids living under the Brooklyn Bridge. Narrator Berman reads in a Jewish New York City accent that brings out the spirit of this historical novel. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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I Brooklyn, New York i 1903 ændrer tilværelsen sig til det værre for 14-årige Joseph, som er søn af russiske emmigranter. Hans forældre har opfundet teddy-bjørnen, og de laver deres lejlighed om til en fabrik, hvor Joseph skal arbejde i stedet for at nyde livet på Coney Island. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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We have all the standard stuff you would expect from turn-of-the-century Brooklyn: baseball, the grippe, poverty, immigrant issues, etc. It just never gelled for me. I never cared very much about the characters and I found what few plot turns there were to be melodramatic.
I might still recommend this to someone interested in the time period, but I was pretty disappointed. ( )