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Nov 26, 2017GrandCru rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this story - except for one unexplained event that happens near the end. (not concerning hanna herself but someone else).
May 17, 2017
I enjoyed reading this novel. However I don't consider Mozambique to be a paradise, as the author notes in his title!
Apr 11, 2017
i liked this book alot, one reason, short chapters. The character was an ordinary person who was thrown into an extraordinary life. She was believable to me as she navigated through the changes and stayed true to herself. We were exposed…
Aug 01, 2015AnnetteKH rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
*Spoiler* On the surface this book should have been a page turner with unknown paths ahead of the main character, settings like brothels and prisons and events like riots and murders but it just wasn't. I think because the main character…
Sep 04, 2014loudem rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
When you think of Mankell you think of Wallander, not Hanna Lundmark and her voyage in Africa and the plight of the Blacks. All in all a strange and depressive story. The only bright spot was the photo session, but again they were told…
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Aug 16, 2014aisha65 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really enjoy this author, although I love the Wallender series of his.
Jun 04, 2014Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book from Swedish crime novel writer Henning Mankell chronicles the journey of a Swedish woman to Africa back in the 1900's. Much was focused on the racial tension between the colonial whites and the local blacks, and the woman's…
Feb 26, 2014ndexter rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A swedish miss, Hanna Renstrom, aka, Hana Lundmark, aka, Hana Vaz aka, Ana Branca, aka, Hana Negra as created in the story, is liken to a supposed real like swedish women in both moved from Sweden to Portgese East Africa as both were to…
Dec 28, 2013d2013 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Based on a true story, this international best seller reads well and flows from chapter to chapter. Good!
Nov 17, 2013
Henning Mankell at his worst. Don't waste your time.
Sep 30, 2013megaculpa rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An engrossing novel about a young woman's coming of age in the early years of the 20th century, set in Sweden and southern Africa. Hanna struggles to regain a connection to a world that has been shattered by upheaval and loss. The…
Sep 29, 2013uncommonreader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
In this story, a poor, young Swedish woman travels to Mozambique in the early years of the 20ieth century. She is twice widowed. Unlike other Mankell books, it has short sentences, short paragraphs and short (2 to 3 page) chapters. The…
Sep 20, 2013737knox rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent book. Did not think I would really get in to it but couldn't stop reading it once started. Recommend it big time