Classement de l'évaluateur: 2,284
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100% (21 sur 21)
Surnom : yellokat
Emplacement: Brooklyn, NY USA
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I own a communications consultancy in NYC called MAKE WAVES, which serves nonprofit organizations and foundations. I also hold a Visiting Lecturer position at Milano: The New School for Management & Urban Policy, where I teach graduate courses in media advocacy, social marketing and leadership.
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Classement de l'évaluateur: 2,284 - Total des votes utiles : 21 sur 21
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I'm surprised that so many people have panned this book, since I enjoyed it very much. Perhaps it's because I love the Outer Cape and always seek a regional book to read during the time that I vacation there each summer. Thus, I enjoyed the background lore of the place that Maria Flook provides and, as another reviewer has noted, I was not troubled by the critical portrait of Christina Worthington, since her character rang quite true for me. I live in NYC year-round and have met many young women of the type I believe Ms. Worthington to have been -- highly intelligent but directionless and self-abosrbed. I didn't find Flook's characterization of Worthington so much negative as… Lire la suite
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While scholars and academics will be interested in this study of community dynamics in Provincetown, MA, I believe that others will also find the book of interest, particularly those with an interest in Provincetown and its people. I found it helpful to read prior to purchasing property in P'town, as I had a lot of questions about the local economy and power structure that this book helped answer. The text is deep, but not difficult, and the author's conclusions are based on evidence, rather than personal opinion. I have seen several books in the last few years that bemoan the impacts of recent gentrification by gays and lesbians in P'town, but none of those were properly researched,… Lire la suite
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I've read all of Shreve's novels and this one is near the top of my list. The heroine, Etna, is a powerful figure, but in the tradition of the period in which Shreve writes, Etna must keep her power undercover and hidden from her husband, a boorish professor at a local New England college. The source of Etna's power -- perhaps the very power itself -- is her ability to hold a part of herself back from her husband and family. She keeps secrets, both of fact and of feeling, so that her integrity as a person can't be breached by a husband who feels entitled to know and own her totally. I identified deeply with Etna's need to do this, as I believe many women will who have been married to… Lire la suite
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