All that's left unsaid

All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Somehow I felt very strongly touched by this book.
Eavesdropping talks between Ky and Minnie raised in me mixed feelings - tenderness towards both girls and various levels of dislike for their parents, school friends/enemies and the whole Cabramatta environment.
Me and my family experienced migration from Poland to Australia with a 2 years pause in Middle East - reading this book I realised how many traps and troubles existed around us but somehow they did not touch us.
This brings questions about national and cultural background, questions I will NOT try to answer.
Summarising - the book raised strong emotions - full respect to the Author. On the other hand, the balance of these emotions is negative, I feel that the world around me is not so good as I would like to think.

P.S. After reading this book I looked back - what other books about Vietnam I had read?
Ahn Do - The happiest Refuge - so happy and positive story - masculine story?
Graham Greene - The quiet American - disgusting treatment of Vietnamese people, it convinced me that Communism was the way to bring dignity to those people.

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A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I listened to the audiobook and it was a serious problem.
Initially I found looking at the biblical story from a position of a stowaway worm amusing a bit but it not lasted long.
Unfortunately the format of the audiobook did not give me a chance to jump between chapters, so I had either listen blindly to the stowaway worm or jump out - I chose the second option.
I gave an extra star as a sign of appreciation of author's sense of humour.

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