Richard Starks
Autor/a de Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story of Five American Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive
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(eng) Please do not combine this with the author page for Richard Stark/Donald E. Westlake, who is a diffferent person.
Obres de Richard Starks
Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story of Five American Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive (2004) 56 exemplars
Along the River that Flows Uphill: From the Orinoco to the Amazon (Armchair Traveller) (1705) 10 exemplars
Industry in Decline: Why Canadian industry is so weak, and what can be done about it (Economy in crisis) (1978) 3 exemplars
Greenland For $1.99 - a Brief (And Illustrated) Account Of a Journey Inside The Arctic Circle 1 exemplars
The Broker 1 exemplars
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 11
- Membres
- 134
- Popularitat
- #151,727
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 5
- ISBN
- 16
- Llengües
- 1
As the novel begins, Corin's mother has just died and her father has sent her from their home in NYC to a small ranch outside of Paradox to live with an aunt that she has never met. Corin decides right from the beginning that she is going to hate Paradox and her aunt. When the studios start filming and she sees movie stars, Paradox begins to look better. Once she makes new friends and is popular in school she begins to really enjoy her life and starts working hard to make the ranch a success and get it out of the red. After dating a boy from school who is now a deputy, she meets and is immediately enthralled with Ark - a young man from England who always wanted to see where the Westerns were filmed. He is also a very intelligent astronomer. The town isn't real sure about him at first but they gradually accept him. Add to the mix, a Navajo who escaped from a prison work crew and you have everything you need for a fantastic character driven novel.
This novel ties a lot of threads together - growing up in a small Amazon village with missionary parents (Ark), growing up with a father who was a veterinarian (Corin), the pitfalls of cattle ranching, the gossip in a small town and how the town changes once the movies start filming, along with the racism and sexism of this time period. Everything is tied together and the novel has a sad but perfect ending. This book was full of fantastic characters as well as beautiful descriptions of the Utah desert. I hated to see it end and to say goodbye to characters that I'd come to know so well.
Thanks to the author for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.… (més)