Jeffrey Deaver is the king of crime/forensic puzzles and whodunnit’s imo.
Set from 1915 to 1969, the story of Irish immigrants working in difficult times on a massive farm station in Australia- central to the story is the coming of age of Meggie, and her relationship with the Catholic Church, in particular Father Ralph.
Really good - another insight into the atrocities and persecution of the Jewish people.
I eat books which tell tragic stories of resilience for breakfast. This was a hard read, even though it’s my second time reading it. It is the first book in a series that chronicles the author’s life, and tells the story of the horrific abuse he experienced as a child. The only thing that got me through was knowing in advance how well he managed to climb out of the shitshow that was his childhood and the man he would become. It was the worst ever recorded account of abuse ever known in America.
Animals on a farm teach a good introduction to the concepts around politics - totalitarianism, power corruption, and propaganda. It is one one level a very easy, simple and quick read - but there are many deeper levels to this book especially around humanity not learning from our past and repeating our mistakes.
This book really got me thinking about truth, and history and who writes it and what is truth - according to who? Also, the idea of freedom of thought and of speech - and how i might have been if i was in that world at that time, the value of critical thinking.