pickThis book blew my mind. Dowd‘s grandfather started his own apocalyptic community years ago. He told followers he would live 500 years. Fire & brimstone/Old Testament was his personal mantra. Dowd‘s father & mother were merciless to their kids. Dowd was basically abandoned and/or punished up thru her teens. How she ended up where she is now-an accomplished writer and professor is astonishing to me. That she forgave her parents is also impressive.
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California, Mexico, a lemon orchard, an estate owner, and a special Mexican worker in the lemon orchard.
A beautiful story about the cruelty as well as the beauty our lives hold for us.
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FICTION - CHICK LIT - ROMANCE
Did you know it takes eight hundred grapes to make one bottle of wine?
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I enjoy this author‘s books.
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I keep saying “WHAT?“ as I read this book. Dowd‘s mother is constantly reinforcing the cult‘s theory that men are omnipotent and the author‘s grandfather is the ultimate authority. Women are to be silent and subservient unless they‘re working the crowd that has come to their fundraising events. So many quotable and shocking sentences in this book.
Reading this for May bookclub and enjoying. Thank you Marge for selecting it.
