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The House of Broken Angels

Luis Alberto Urrea

Start date: October 15, 2018

Finish date: November 1, 2018

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Apr 22, 2018 Ken rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: finished-in-2018, contemporary

Finished over spring break. A big, bodacious Mexican-American family, mainly chronicled through the eyes of a dying patriarch. Almost made-for-TV, the personalities in this crew, with numerous flashbacks to provide well-spaced exposition. Saved from mill comma run-of-the by some sterling writing in parts. That is, some poetic prose. A worthy read, all in all.

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Oct 16, 2018 Jane rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recentfiction, spiritual, political, family-story

I loved this book, but I had to learn to read it. I wanted to keep all of the family and friend connections straight. I had to let go of that urge. The book itself is like an enormous family party, the kind my parents used to have, or like my father's Irish wake in our living room and center hall and dining room and breakfast room and kitchen. That milling around and piano playing and plates of food everywhere and My father holding court and telling stories and making people laugh...I love the h ...more

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