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The Laments by George Hagen
3.0
"Laments travel."
The Laments are a dysfunctional but completely likable family from Rhodesia that find themselves living in Africa, England and America as they struggle with small issues such as identity, race, prejudices and tragedies. How they fall apart and put themselves together again is the core of this tome.
I am still wrapping my head around this book. There was nothing about it that grabbed me so strong I couldn't put the book down. But, at the same time I continued to pick it up and read until I finished. It perplexes me in its simplicity. Simply put, it's a character study of a family as a unit and as individuals.
The Laments are a dysfunctional but completely likable family from Rhodesia that find themselves living in Africa, England and America as they struggle with small issues such as identity, race, prejudices and tragedies. How they fall apart and put themselves together again is the core of this tome.
I am still wrapping my head around this book. There was nothing about it that grabbed me so strong I couldn't put the book down. But, at the same time I continued to pick it up and read until I finished. It perplexes me in its simplicity. Simply put, it's a character study of a family as a unit and as individuals.