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Title: Competing dreams lead to tragedy
Review: It starts with a bureaucratic mistake, escalates into a power struggle, and ends in tragedy. Three people want the same thing - a better life for themselves - but can't see a way to achieve it without denying the others their dreams. Actions taken as a result of impulse and poor judgment are compounded by further actions and reactions. Dubus changes perspective regularly throughout the novel, revealing each character's back story, dreams and motivations. My only complaint is with the ending ... I recognize why, at the end of the book, Dubus gave each character an opportunity to reflect on what had happened, but I still wish it had ended about 30 pages earlier.
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