My Temporary Life by Martin Crosbie

2012-03-04T12:19:00.002-08:00

If you enjoy a book that is bothnon-predictable and interesting to the end, I recommend

My Temporary Life by MartinCrosbie When Malcolm was ten, his parents divorced,and Malcolm began spending the school year with his father in Scotland and his summerswith his mother in Canada. It was then that he began thinking of his life ashis temporary life--a life without permanence. His adventures with his schoolfriend, Hardly, in Scotland are both bitter and sweet. In Canada, he finds George and his sister,Rose, to give him a sense of worth to carry him into adulthood. It is when Malcolm meets a colorful woman toreally care about, that intrigue comes into his life, and he feels the peace ofa regimented life turn to panic complete with a conflict with the law and a carchase.

2012-02-07T11:32:00.000-08:00

I will start with Ken Follet's book, The Fall of Giants.

I enjoyed this book as it was a good story with strong character depiction and I learned World War I history all at the same time. I appreciate the authors historical research and how he integrated the history with a good story. I was ignorant of much of the "Great War's" history, so made it even more interesting. Also frightening to learn how a war causing so much loss of life and destruction was really over probably preventable relatively unimportant events. It again seems another example of not learning from past history. Sandra

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My Temporary Life by Martin Crosbie