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Lädt ... Wayfaring Stranger (2014)von James Lee Burke
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The story started out beautifully, continued to hold me through the war story, and even after for a while. Then Mr. James Lee Burke started losing me. I could not understand why Weldon was so forgiving of evil , even as he and his wife were being destroyed. Everything started feeling like a soap opera , lots of drama between shallow characters. Grandfather and Rosita were the only ones who made any sense, the only ones who could fight without compromise. The end was so disappointing. Wayfaring Stranger would have made a great graphic novel. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"It is 1934 and the Depression is bearing down when sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends as Weldon puts a bullet through the rear window of Clyde's stolen automobile. Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland and his sergeant, Hershel Pine, escape certain death in the Battle of the Bulge and encounter a beautiful young woman named Rosita Lowenstein hiding in a deserted extermination camp. Eventually, Weldon and Rosita fall in love and marry and, with Hershel, return to Texas to seek their fortunes. There, they enter the domain of jackals known as the oil business. They meet Roy Wiseheart--a former Marine aviator haunted with guilt for deserting his squadron leader over the South Pacific--and Roy's wife Clara, a vicious anti-Semite who is determined to make Weldon and Rosita's life a nightmare. It will be the frontier justice upheld by Weldon's grandfather, Texas lawman Hackberry Holland, and the legendary antics of Bonnie and Clyde that shape Weldon's plans for saving his family from the evil forces that lurk in peacetime America and threaten to destroy them all" -- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There was something different about this novel from the others. I can't quite put my finger on it but perhaps it had to do with war scenes. It captivated me. Loved the book. Might be one of the few in my life that I will reread again. ( )