tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post8831347593591524369..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Review of Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (Serpent’s Tail, 2011)Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-43681448832820804492011-10-10T06:17:58.759+01:002011-10-10T06:17:58.759+01:00On second thought, having just read about this boo...On second thought, having just read about this book and the author, and read more comments, this is a definite "must-read" for me.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-37535945198677790552011-10-10T06:10:19.221+01:002011-10-10T06:10:19.221+01:00I had not heard of this book. From what you write...I had not heard of this book. From what you write, it sounds fantastic, and covers some history I don't know about, that of African Americans in Germany in 1939.<br /><br />My only problem is once I see Jewish people taken to concentration camps I freeze. This isn't a theme I read about; half my family came from the Pale, where Jews were forced to live in occupied Poland before WWI. They fled pogroms.<br /><br />However, I may try this book. It sounds too good in every way to pass up.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-42805905762085158432011-10-09T11:41:55.090+01:002011-10-09T11:41:55.090+01:00Sounds good. I may have to get this!Sounds good. I may have to get this!Frank Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515500573854371279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-30716106755356101742011-10-05T19:16:31.236+01:002011-10-05T19:16:31.236+01:00Have to look for this one for sure.Have to look for this one for sure.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-82003516579012445112011-10-05T15:17:05.428+01:002011-10-05T15:17:05.428+01:00Rob - Thanks :-) - an excellent review. I'm so...Rob - Thanks :-) - an excellent review. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one as much as you did. It's been on my TBR list but I just haven't gotten to it yet. I must remedy that. Soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com