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Lädt ... Weil sie sich liebten: Romanvon Anita Shreve
  
Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  sommer1981 | Mar 29, 2011 | 
 This is my second read for this author and I have to say, I am underwhelmed... after reading Rescue, I was looking forward to reading more by Anita Shreve but Testimony seemed to miss the mark. A very enticing topic, I thought this book held a lot of promise. However, I found that the book lacked organization and that would be it's main downfall, in my opinion. It seemed to jump from year-to-year without mention of when it was and while this is normally not an issue, it was hard to figure out and I spend unnecessary time figuring it out. Also, the jumping from character to character, when added to the year-to-year jumping, was very confusing. Having so many characters involved, I almost needed a family tree/chart to keep track of who each person was and what their involvement in the story/crime was... very hard to track. On a whole, the story was very good. I enjoyed the plot and I liked the twist that comes towards the end, regarding Silas and his family. It was very unexpected and definitely made me read that much harder to get to the bottom of the story. Overall, I am glad that I have read this book and being at a 50% for the author, I will give her another try.  I would encourage every parent of a teenage girl to give her a copy of Testimony. Certainly, it contains several passages that are bleakly obscene. But it also offers girls the exact kind of story they want to read Auszeichnungen
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment. 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: (3.53)
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Mike Bordwin, Leiter der gepriesenen Avery Academy, blickt starr vor Schreck auf seinen Fernseher: Fassungslos sieht er Bilder von Rob, J.Dot und Silas, den Stars des Schulbasketballteams, die sich mit einem Mädchen amüsieren. Nur Kids, die über die Stränge schlagen und dabei viel zu weit gehen? Doch selbst wenn es nur "Spaß" war was tun mit diesen Schülern? Dass Silas dabei war, trifft Mike besonders tief. Denn seit er dem Jungen aus einfachen Verhältnissen mit einem Stipendium Zugang zu der Eliteschule verschafft hat, fühlt er sich persönlich für ihn verantwortlich. Und doch kann er nicht verhindern, dass Rob und J.Dot verhaftet und der vermisste Silas gesucht werden Anita Shreve erzählt von dem fragilen Band der Liebe und des Vertrauens, welches, einmal gerissen, das Glück und die Zukunft ganzer Familien zu zerstören vermag. (