The Sweetness of Forgetting is a love story, couched in the sadness of the Holocaust. It is a story of a family living on Cape Cod whose hearts and ability to express love for each other are complicated by the matriarch of the family, Rose, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Rose's granddaughte...
I recommend it with all my heart! For those who want to dream, for those who want to love, for people who want to reflect on a current topic and thorny, for those who are interested in a very sensitive topic such as the Holocaust, knowing that new aspects, little known . Kristin Harmel knows how ...
Ha rispecchiato ciò che ho sempre pensato. Che la conoscenza elimina i pregiudizi; che l'amore esiste per tutti, perché Dio sin dalla nostra nascita ci destina una persona che ameremo e che ci amerà, basta solo amare e lasciarsi amare, senza ripensamenti sul passato, sui cuori infranti da altre p...
.. è bello rammentare che non sempre hai bisogno di vedere qualcosa per sapere che c’è ..Poi esiste l’amore che tutti abbiamo l’opportunità di avere ma che pochi sono abbastanza saggi da scorgere o abbastanza coraggiosi da afferrare. Quello è il tipo d’amore capace di cambiarti la vita.È vero, è ...
Wow! beautiful story. This is an inter-generational book about an adult granddaughter, her grandmother with growing senility, her teenaged daughter, her ex-husband and his young adult girlfriend, and a cast of small-town people who are more or less helpful. The central character is running a fami...
One of my favourite types of books to read are those where the characters are in a different country, where I can learn about a new culture, language, etc. I knew I'd love Italian For Beginners because I love Europe. I haven't had the pleasure of visiting Italy, however Harmel's descriptions of...
I think it is a nice pleasant read. I would recommend it to someone who likes to read something lite and not 'mind-boggling'. I read Eet pray love and wanted to Eat part of it which was set in Italy, I had hoped this book will be like a whole book just like the Eat segment in EAT pray love. At f...