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michellehenriereads 's review for:
Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
I am thrilled with Clare Vanderpool and amazed that this is a first published novel! I highly recommend it as the people are interesting, the situation is nicely portrayed and it is creative.
Hope is a theme throughout the novel. The immigrants coming to America had hope for a better future. The young men heading off to war had hope of being heroes. The people left behind hoped their loved ones would come home. Jinx hoped to find a home. Shady hoped to be a better man. Miss Sadie hoped to be heard. Gideon hoped for his daughter's well-being. The town of Manifest was seeking for a hope to pull themselves out of the Depression. Abilene hoped for Gideon to return, and hope for a place to belong.
I loved how Vanderpool introduces the hodge podge of cultures in Manifest through the immigrants' native dishes and sporting games. It is also interesting to consider the plight of the immigrants' working conditions in 1936 compared to the conditions of today's immigrants. Aren't immigrants still seeking hope for a better future? In fact, isn't the American Dream truly a dream of ...
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Hope is a theme throughout the novel. The immigrants coming to America had hope for a better future. The young men heading off to war had hope of being heroes. The people left behind hoped their loved ones would come home. Jinx hoped to find a home. Shady hoped to be a better man. Miss Sadie hoped to be heard. Gideon hoped for his daughter's well-being. The town of Manifest was seeking for a hope to pull themselves out of the Depression. Abilene hoped for Gideon to return, and hope for a place to belong.
I loved how Vanderpool introduces the hodge podge of cultures in Manifest through the immigrants' native dishes and sporting games. It is also interesting to consider the plight of the immigrants' working conditions in 1936 compared to the conditions of today's immigrants. Aren't immigrants still seeking hope for a better future? In fact, isn't the American Dream truly a dream of ...
To read the full review go to ...http://talesuntangled.wordpress.com