The Tenth Island

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From a Pulitzer Prize winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean islands of the Atlantic Ocean.Reporter Diana Marcum is in crisis A long buried personal sadness is enfolding her and her career is stalled when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California She follows them on their annual return to the remote Azorean islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where bulls run down village streets, volcanoes are active, and the people celebrate festas to ease their saudade, a longing so deep that the Portuguese word for it can t be fully translated.Years later, California is in a terrible drought, the wildfires seem to never end, and Diana finds herself still dreaming of those islands and the chuva a rain so soft you don t notice when it begins or ends.With her troublesome Labrador retriever, Murphy, in tow, Diana returns to the islands of her dreams only to discover that there are still things she longs for and one of them may be a most unexpected love. Best Download Kindle ePUB The Tenth Island by Diana Marcum – kino-fada.fr Rather odd None of the other Kindle first books for July appealed, so I defaulted to what I thought would be a charming travelogue about the Azores This book did not turn out be what I had expected I think I learnedabout California than the Azores I was reminded of how different the USA is to the UK and that we are divided by a common language The narrative was rather introspective and very autobiographical and I had trouble being into the book because I kept wondering why I should be Rather odd None of the other Kindle first books for July appealed, so I defaulted to what I thought would be a charming travelogue about the Azores This book did not turn out be what I had expected I t...I really wanted to like this one it started out strong and the culture and history of the Azores was very interesting I just could not get on board with Marcum s writing style the jumping back and forth in narrative was real...I enjoy biographies and learning about other places traveling without ever leaving my couch This semi fiction, semi autobiographical book seemed a great choice for this month s First Reads selection.The book is filled with her experiences, butwith her longing forMore peace,romance,beauty, . Saudade The indescribable longing for something that you re not sure of, whether it be happy or sad, that s just out of reach with your fingers, and slipped away from your to I enjoy biographies and learning about other places traveling without ever leaving my c...This was neither a travelogue, nor a history book, nor a lost my shit and found love in a foreign land book And I m good with that.I was initially concerned that I was reading another version of Eat Pray Love based on the notes onbut found that the author was less a lost soul andof a searching one The Azores sound so beautiful and welcoming, and the format of each chapter almost as a short story was very effective The Murphy stories in particular were very entertaining This This was neither a travelogue, nor a history...The author is a journalist, she is in a slump with nothing going right no permanent job, no love life and no fulfilment Through her work she meets some of the many emigrants from the Azores who make an annual pilgrimage back to their homes She decides to visit this set of islands firstly for a couple of weeks, then a few months and years later for a year.Not surprising she finds happiness in the simple, community based life style She writes well, always with the respect of a visitor who is The author is a journalist, she is in a slump with nothing going right no permanent job, no love life and no fulfilment Through her work she meets some of the many emigrants from the Azores who make an annual pilgrimage back to th...Sorry but I did not enjoy this book I continued reading it because I thought something interesting may happen to Diana on her Azores adventure but it didn t I found the book rather rambling and difficult to keep up with the different people mentioned Having said all of that and ...I wanted to like this book so muchthan I did The book overall is in chronological order I think , but wow do the stories bounce around within certain time periods It is very inconsistent and annoying with peppering of history about the islands people California to the point you just wonder, how is this relevant to what is going on And I m someone who appreciates historical context, but I got to the point, especially towards the end of the book, where my eyes would just glaze over when I wanted to like this book so muchthan I did The book overall is in chronological order I think , but wow do the stories bounce around within certain time...In the Top Five of My Favorite Books Ever I am a voracious reader and generally choose detective sleuth, action packed adventure stories but, agreeing with other reviewers of this book, it was the only one of the July free reads that remotely appealed to me, perhaps because of my love of travel and exploration of new places.I found this book relaxing and thought provoking Ms Markum has an extraordinary way of not only describing the sights and smells of the Azorean Islands, but she is also very In the Top Five of My Favorite Books Ever I am a voracious reader and generally choose detective sleuth, action packed adventure stories but, agreeing with other reviewers of this book, it was the only one of the July free ...A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from California, Marcum let go of everything to go alone to the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal to explore the California Azores connection Although not Azorean herself, she felt a special connection on her first visit and took a year long leave of absence from her job at the Los Angeles Times to spendtime in the Azores, mostly on the island of Terceira She lived in houses rented or loaned to her and spent her days exploring She made friends, A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from California, Marcum let go of everything to go alone to the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal to explore the California Azores connection Although not Azorean herself, she felt a special connection on her first visit and took a year long leave of absence from he...I rarely give 5 star reviews, but this beautiful and beautifully written memoir most definitely deserves one Kudos to journalist Diana Marcum for combining the depth and breadth of excellent reporting with the singsongy lyri...

The Tenth Island
  • 13 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 238 pages
  • 1503941329
  • Diana Marcum
  • The Tenth Island