Book: Damascus Nights
Author: Rafik Schami
Pages: 264
Book takes place in the country: YES
Author is from the country: YES
I have visited: NO
Reading for fun and challenging myself to read outside my comfort zone.
Book: Damascus Nights
Author: Rafik Schami
Pages: 264
Book takes place in the country: YES
Author is from the country: YES
I have visited: NO
Book: The Hacienda
Author: Lisa St. Aubin de Taran
Pages: 352
Book takes place in the country: YES
Author is from the country: NO - but she lived there for 7 years with her husband
I have visited: NO
This is my 4th book for the year
This is the author's own story of her time in Venezuela. She spent 7 years on her husband's family's Hacienda. She was in her teens when she married a man in his 40s. Her husband has fled the country as a political criminal, and once he was able to return, he wanted to run the Hacienda himself. However - due to mental illness, or what could just be lack of care, he never did run the Hacienda. Lisa barely saw her husband, and when she did, he usually had a fit of rage. She spent 7 years trying to help run The Hacienda,and raise her daughter, before she finally escapes.
This was a pretty good book. I found it well written and was very intriqued with the story. A very young girl who was swept away by an older man who chased her constantly to marry him and then just leaves her to fend for herself. The trials she went through and the conditions she lived in will leave you bewildered and shaking your head. I cannot even imagine sticking it out as long as she did considering what she was dealing with. She didn't have the greatest upbringing or parental remodel so that could be part of it. I also wish she would have written more from when she left Venezuela and her life after her escape and how she recovered. But she didn't. So it left me wondering.
Stars: 3
Book: The Take of Aypi
Author: Ak Welsapar
Pages: 170
Book takes place in the country: YES
Author is from the country: YES
I have visited: NO
Book: Between Sisters
Author: Kristin Hannah
Pages: 480
Book: The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Author: Kelly Harms
Pages: 328
Book: The Guest List
Author: Lucy Foley
Pages: 320
Book: Travels in Mauritania
Author: Peter Hudson
Pages: 250
Book takes places in the country: YES
Author is from the country: NO
I have visited: NO