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Lädt ... Sing to Me of Dreamsvon Kathryn Lynn Davis
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This is a love story between a half-Indian girl, Tanu, queen of her people and Julian, son of a Scottish family living on Vancouver Island. Tanu is queen of her people because she has healing powers, is a shaman and has a medicinal knowledge of herbs. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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However, the book is long (549 pages) and the story became too melodramatic over time. Saylah's "Indian wisdom" grew cliched, Jamie's dying, apparantly of nothing but his own determination to do so, was tedius.
It was also clear that the author knows little of the history of Canada's residential school system. At the time in which the story is set, it is extremely unlikely that a young girl would enter such a school voluntarily. Indian children were forced into these schools, often abused, and this has left a sad legacy that Canada continues to deal with. The Ivy family's acceptance of Julian's love for a "half-breed" would also be exceptional in that time period.
As I said, I was enjoying this story at the beginning, but the author didn't know when to stop and the story became more unbelievable, wrought with juvenile-style angst and tedius as it went on, and on, and on. ( )