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as duas últimas décadas do século XX, a cidade de Raleigh na Carolina do Norte, EUA, vivenciou um grande surto econômico. Com isto passou a ser um lugar ideal para muitos americanos morarem. Habitações de todo tipo se fizeram necessárias e especuladores imobiliários assim como construtores juntaram esforços. De um mês para o outro via-se comunidades inteiras aparecerem, onde antes só havia um sítio ou uma pequena fazenda nos limites urbanos da cidade. Muitas vezes, lagos foram escavados, enormes
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Sep 15, 2011
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At first this was going to be a whodunit type book but it was more of a why. The story takes place in an upper middle class development called the Cascades, located 30 minutes outside of Buenos Aires during the economic meltdown in Argentina, and right before 9/11. From the outside everything looks ideal, as if the people inside are the luckiest people on on earth. However, it is quite the opposite, more like a long episode of Desperate Housewives, with the drugs, abuse, sex, classism, etc. It w
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Oct 01, 2016
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