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Customer Reviews:Average Customer Rating: The House At Sugar Beach Journalist Helene Cooper does a admirable job of recouting her life at her family compound in pre-war Liberia. As she vividly described her home and the goings-on of her parents, her sisters, and Eunice, you could tell that as a child, as much as she disliked the remote location of her home, the author truly loved Sugar Beach. I found her lineage particularly fascinating in that both her father's and mother's forebears had a hand in contributing to the development of Liberia. The passages about wartime Liberia were pretty gruesome and riveting. The reconnection with Eunice seemed to be rather brief. I would have liked more about that part of her life. Solid 3.5 stars! Light Reading I found this memoir a disappointment. Superficial...the author is so focused on her little girl response it sometimes seems that in the telling she forgets readers might be looking for more than her child story. Instead she seems frozen in time, without insight or depth. This memoir never shines. Engaging This book has given us an insider's experience of the Liberians' journey. Ms Cooper is a great storyteller and she held my attention from beginning to end. Good story of one person This is a good story of one person's experience of a complicated and horrible situation. Also recommend the autobiography of Ellen Johnston Sirleaf. Disappointed I was not engaged by the first third of this book, and felt no connection with the characters. The historical parts were fascinating, but not enough to compel me to keep reading. So I gave up. | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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