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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Alaskan Laundrydi Brendan Jones
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Loved this book. Alaska, fishing and great characters. ( ) Mixed feelings about this one....I felt the blurb was misleading, I was expecting a light read about a young woman finding herself, resolving issues while in Alaska, but it really was a book about working in the fisheries/fishing industry. The descriptions went on and on and yet they were hard to visualize. The author chose to write a female as the main character, yet it felt like a teenage boy was speaking. The reactions, emotions, speech, it all felt off to me. I found her unformed and unlikeable. Her fascination with an old boat did not ring true to me. There were too many secondary characters, many more than were necessary, and it felt like the author was just trying to tell us about all of the different people he himself had met. Unfortunately few of the characters were well developed, and they dropped in and out of the story so often that I kept getting them confused. The storyline about the Native man especially annoyed me, it seemed like he had a very interesting backstory but it was never explored, and his behavior seemed random and unlikely. Again it felt like the authored met someone like him - briefly- and tried to expend an encounter into a relationship. My favorite parts were about the dog! This debut novel has been getting all sorts of accolades, even a recommendation by Oprah. I became interested because of the setting in an Alaskan fishing village and because I enjoy stories of strong women. 18-year-old Tara Marconi is grief-stricken over her mother's death so she decides to leave Philadelphia for Alaska to find herself again. As she learns from a new friend up north, Alaska is the place to come to tumble around in the Alaskan Laundry, get clean, and become renewed. Tara soon learns that it isn't as simple as it sounds. She has a job lined up by her cousin who used to work in a fish hatchery and processing center. Yuck. I almost had to hold my nose while I was reading due to the way the author made the smells come alive. He must have experience working in the fishing industry because that part of it was well described and rang true. Tara was the one I had a little trouble believing in. For such a young woman, she seemed too tough and quick to use her boxing skills against hard-working fishermen who annoyed her. Luckily, they were mostly drunk or so taken by surprise that she didn't suffer too much damage in return. It made for a good story as did the bear encounter on her first walk into the woods, but I was skeptical about some of her scrapes and misadventures. Although I had trouble relating to the edgy protagonist, I enjoyed many of the side characters. The adoption of the aging wolf/dog Keta was a welcome and natural turn of events. He softened Tara's rough exterior and made her more likable. Tara's travails made for an adventure-filled book. I hope the author writes more books about Alaska. His knowledge of the flora and fauna of the land and some of its colorful characters made this a worthwhile read in the end. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"A fresh debut novel about a lost, fierce young woman who finds her way to Alaska and finds herself through the hard work of fishing, as far as the icy Bering Sea Tara Marconi has made her way to "The Rock," a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons and the demands of the world of commercial fishing. She hasn't felt at home in a long while -- her mother's death left her unmoored and created a seemingly insurmountable rift between her and her father. But in the majestic, mysterious, and tough boundary-lands of Alaska she begins to work her way up the fishing ladder -- from hatchery assistant all the way to King crabber. She learned discipline from years as a young boxer in Philly, but here she learns anew what it means to work, to connect, and -- in buying and fixing up an old tugboat -- how to make a home she knows is her own. A beautiful evocation of a place that can't help but change us and a testament to the unshakable lure of home, The Alaskan Laundry also offers an unforgettable story of one woman's journey from isolation back to the possibility of love."-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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