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Title: Gentle and Powerful
Review: Although this book is made up of incredibly short chapters and very simple sentences, it has an almost poetic flow that is hard to describe. I'd want to call this book "beautiful".Since her mother's suicide, Isabel has been in charge of the household and taking care of her siblings. Her father has withdrawn into himself, and her younger brother has found his own way of coping (with self mutilation). Meanwhile, she's making friends with precocious Mary Kelly, being pressured by her aunt to embrace her heritage by making the traditional recipe of Golai Hagun Sune, and another friend - Graziella - is preparing for a cockfight and beauty pageant!The richly described setting is one of the best elements of the story - you feel like you're there, and the author gets completely inside the minds of all the characters and locals of the Pacific island. Come along for Isabel's journey of healing and acceptance, a fascinating glimpse of Guam and a heartwarming story.
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