Ironbark Hill Summary

I really enjoyed the book because I love reading very interesting and right at the

The book is enjoyable to read because it shows not only the way Georgia lives, but what we can learn from the book as well. My experience with this book is beyond great and showed me how rough Georgia lived her life. She is independent to take care of herself. In the novel Georgia finds hope to do what

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks This book report is based upon the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, written by author Rebecca Skloot. This book is published by Crown Publishers and copyrighted by Rebecca Skloot in 2010. Rebecca wrote this book to tell a story about the woman who was behind the HeLa cells she had learned about in a college class at the age of 16. She never knew that the information she would discover about Henrietta’s past and her family’s unfortunate experiences would changer her life forever.

I, personally, loved the author's writing, although I did not really understand why she structured the book like so. With each chapter changing different perspectives and stories, it was kind of hard to remember which chapter went with another considering the chapters where out of order. With each story, I was a little annoyed that they just suddenly ended at the end of the chapter. It made me want to read more and more trying to find the next chapter that went with that person's story. It was also kind of difficult to connect the stories. Other than that, she did a marvelous job grabbing my attention. I loved the analogies that she included in the stories. For example, on page 216- 217, one of the mothers told her daughter about a turtle that eats her tears and then creates birds that laugh

I think the book appeals to everyone who has ever felt rejected, castaway, or uncertain whether their family or friends would accept them if they knew what really goes on under the surface.

It’s interesting watching each character develop for better or worse, especially the father who continues to incite the same emotion from you throughout the whole story until the end as well as the oldest daughter. But as much as you remember they are just characters in a book, you know that there are people out there that share the views as these close-minded characters. There are moments when I wanted to scream, cry and just throw the book across the room because of certain events that occurred, but I could not turn the book

The characters bring a riveting story to life when reading. Throughout the book, I felt emotions left and right for the characters and what they were going through. There is a lot of mystery and questioning that will be answered later in the book, but once its done, there are still many questions being asked. when I look for a book, that is something that stands out to me because I really want to read more, and when you have that reaction to a book, that means it was worth reading. I found this book remarkable because of the behaviors, characteristics, and decisions that the characters make, and I recommend this book to everyone, even if they don’t like to

As well as showing that people who might abuse their children don’t necessarily start off as abusers. On that note, I appreciated that after the epilogue there were numbers and plenty of resources for the prevention of child abuse. I feel this is important because after a person reads this book they might realize they themselves are being abused and are given tools to help stop it. One thing I didn’t enjoy about this novel was that it has a complete abrupt ending and the epilogue was more short and bitter than sweet. This book is highly relative no matter the year.

Another review I read was of Casey Constance, she praises Coontz’s capability to write such a put together book and the ample evidence she uses to “expose the falseness, sentimentality and self-righteousness of most public statements about the family.” She also mentions how the book comes from a real passion to set the public straight and to relieve people of the fear, or the excuse, that every social ill comes from bad

Truthfully, a lot of the parts of the book I had to skipped over because some of the language she used and the way she used it was very triggering. I understand that she said certain things in certain ways to get her point across and to really show how vulgar things were. But for me personally, it was hard to handle and to completely get the full experience of reading her research and findings.

What stood out to me in this book was the timeframe of the abuse and how severe the abuse was. I read the book all in one sitting and although it was only a little over ninety pages, it felt much long. With all the marks and other

Katie is raised by a single mother like Tyrec and uses the childrearing method of natural child growth. That’s it. The Brindle’s are a poor family struggling to make ends meet as Ms. Brindle is currently unemployed as she raises her eighteen month old child “Melmel” and lives off the welfare system and child support she gets. Due to the abusive lifestyle that she has experienced as well, she has taken a larger toll, physically and psychologically, than a lot of thirty-seven year old women. Katie herself has experienced difficulties with her being sexually abused in the first grade that has affected her life. Therefore, the involvement of Katie’s extended family is huge. Her grandmother plays a role in being an additional caregiver in her life. Social problems seem to be an everyday occurrence for the Brindle’s as they try to live their everyday lives. As a result, Katie acts older than her age (nine years) due to the added responsibility of trying to take care of herself at times. Ms. Brindle’s parenting style of natural growth may have affected how mature Katie is, but it the Katie’s past and current environment that has had a greater influence in her

When you buy a book by an Australian author you will support them and you will learn and see differnt styles and ways of writing books/stories.

I really liked the book. It was very enjoyable to read. I would recommend it to my friends, because I think they

This novel was so powerful and beyond words. Alice Walker is an amazing writer, and everything about this book was quite phenomenal. It was incredibly sad, and hard to read at some points, but it was absolutely worth the read. I love the fact that the whole novel was a set of letters about a girl’s life. It's an unusual approach but it worked so well. Shug was so empowering to me, and I loved what she stood for, no matter how many people talked bad. She defied common teachings about God and what to believe in. She helped Celie love herself and her life. This book has changed my outlook on dealing with problems, pain, and suffering. It definitely made me appreciate my life and every little flaw. I learned to be happy