An Untamed State
Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti’s richest sons, she has an adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a perfect life. The fairy tale ends one day when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily...
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Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti’s richest sons, she has an adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a perfect life. The fairy tale ends one day when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily armed men, in front of her father’s Port au Prince estate. Held captive by a m
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781472119810
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
I previously wrote a small post about Roxane Gay's novel, "An Untamed State," here: http://carissagreen50.booklikes.com/post/1135645/reading-order-roxane-gay-edition. I find I have more to say about the book. I don't know if this post really needs a spoiler alert, because its subject is right in t...
Mirielle Duval Jameson's fairy tale life is shattered when, during a visit to Haiti with her American husband and their child, she is kidnapped. Her father, a self-made millionaire, refuses to pay the ransom; and so Mirielle's captors take their revenge - pushing her beyond what she previously thoug...
I'm sad at how bored I was reading this. I could see how 1st person narration would work with Mireille's chapters because she'd be talking to herself while in captivity. But with Michael's chapters, it continued and there was so much telling - overmuch. A distancing amount of telling me things.
I'm sad at how bored I was reading this. I could see how 1st person narration would work with Mireille's chapters because she'd be talking to herself while in captivity. But with Michael's chapters, it continued and there was so much telling - overmuch. A distancing amount of telling me things.
AN UNTAMED STATE, BY ROXANE GAYThis was, I think, a misunderstanding on my part. When I decided to do this challenge, I asked everybody I know who likes to read for recommendations. This recommendation came from a lovely girl who has bangs, wears sundresses and loves light-hearted, funny, very well-...
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