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What you want is not always what you get.Even when your wishes come true Andi desperately hopes her long lost half brother Bernardo will be as mad on basketball as she is But when he steps off the plane from the Philippines, she cannot believe her eyes She hasn t seen him for ten years, but even so, how did he get to be EIGHT FOOT TALL An eight foot tall boy who is about to crash into her life with his size 22 feet.But Bernardo is not what he seems Bernardo is a hero, Bernardo works miracles, and Bernardo has an amazing story to tell A bittersweet story, funny, sad, and magical. New Read [ Tall Story ] Author [ Candy Gourlay ] – kino-fada.fr Candy Gourlay truly loves the Philippines and it just shows in this book, Tall Story This being her first novel makes me agree with one of the blurbs that she is an author to watch Having been married to a British national and now raising her three sons in London, I will not be surprised to know that she has changed her citizenship from Filipino to British But the way that she carefully, positively and realistically depicted the Philippines and its people, culture, folklore and even Candy Gourlay truly loves the Philippines and it just shows in this book, Tall Story This being her first novel makes me agree with one of the blurbs that she is an author to watch Having been married to a British national and now raising her three sons in London, I will not be surprised to know that she has changed her citizenship from Filipino to British But the way that she carefully, positively and realistically depicted the Philippines and its people, culture, folklore and even superstitious beliefs is just amazing Gourlay must now be dressing up and talking like a British lady but deep inside, she is still a Filipina by heart For that, if novel writing is the same as basketball, this novel is like a successful ring less three ...In all the years that I ve been actively reading, this is the first time I ve read a book where the characters are Filipino, where the majority of the story is set in the Philippines, where my culture is breathing and so alive.Bonus Tall Story is also written by a Filipino author.It s incredibly cruel And it says so much about our publishing industry We need diverse books We needmarginalized authors with unique stories to partake And we need you to champion them just as much as In all the years that I ve been actively reading, this is the first time I ve read a book where the characters are Filipino, where the majority of the story is set in the Philippines, where my culture is breathing and so alive.Bonus Tall Story is also written by a Filipino author.It s incredibly cruel And it says so much about our publishing industry We need diverse books We needmarginalized authors with unique stories to partake And we need you to champion them just as much as you do for your standard default books Why would a giant shudder Regret, of course Old Tibo would shake his head sadly All giants regret that they had to leave Heaven to be with their mortal mothers I ve been a voracious reader as long as I can remember At a young age I started devouring classic Filipino short stories about folklore from Sari Manok, the different tales of how Makahiya and Mount Maria Makiling become, The Story of the Pi a, Ibong Adarna, The Monkey and the Turtle and .These stories molded me These chara...First posted at Pinoy PopMy brother doesn t know this, but I consider him to be one of my best friends He s four years older than me, and like every other sibling pair, we used to have our share of screaming matches when we were kids We only started having serious conversations as we grew up, thanks to the long rides from school to our house during college, when he d pick me up My relationship with him gave me a soft spot for stories about brothers and sisters, so it was no surprise that I First posted at Pinoy PopMy brother doesn t know this, but I consider him to be one of my best friends He s four years older than me, and like every other sibling pair, we used to have our share of screaming matches when we were kids We only started having serious conversations as we grew up, thanks to the long rides from school to our house during college, when he d pick me up My relationship with him gave me a soft spot for stories about brothers and sisters, so it was no surprise that I couldn t wait to read the recently released Tall Story by Candy Gourlay.Tall Story chronicles the tale of half siblings Bernardo and Andi, from the day they meet for the first time Bernardo grew up in the Philippines under the care of his aunt and uncle, after his mom, a nurse, relocated to the United Kingdom to work Bernardo grew up waiting for his papers to get approved by UK Immigration, so that he could li... What you want is not always what you get Even when your wishes come true Andi desperately hopes her long lost half brother, Bernardo, will be as crazy about basketball as she is But when he steps off the plane from the Philippines, she can t believe her eyes She hasn t seen him for ten year, but even so, how did he get to be EIGHT FEET TALL This eight foot tall boy is about to crash into her life with his size 22 feet But Bernardo is not what he seems Bernardo is a hero, Bernardo works What you want is not always what you get Even when your wishes come true Andi desperately hopes her long lost half brother, Bernardo, will be as crazy about basketball as she is But when he steps off the plane from the Philippines, she can t believe her eyes She hasn t seen him for ten year, but even so, how did he get to be EIGHT FEET TALL This eight foot tall b...Also Posted at my book blog Dark Chest of WondersA Giant Tale with a Giant Heart A Book Review of Candy Gourlay s Tall StoryRush hour So many armpits, so little deodorantsSo begins Tall Story, Candy Gourlay s fantastic debut novel about basketball, sibling love, cultural differences, legend and magic A poignant tale that warns us of the dangers of the things we wish for and that ultimately, size doesn t really matter.Andi is a basketball obsessed, 13 year old, half Filipino who wishes Also Posted at my book blog Dark Chest of WondersA Giant Tale with a Giant Heart A Book Review of Candy Gourlay s Tall StoryRush hour So many armpits, so little deodorantsSo begins Tall Story, Candy Gourlay s fantastic debut novel about basketball, sibling love, cultural differences, legend and magic A poignant tale that warns us of the dangers of the things we wish for and that ultimately, size doesn t really matter.Andi is a basketball obsessed, 13 year old, half Filipino who wishes nothingthan to be her school team s point guard But the bad thing is she s the shortest in her class and London, where she lives, is a place that s not so crazy with shooting hoops Disheartened though she is with these nasty dilemmas, she remains persistent to get what she wants, despite things, as of the moment, are not really working well for her Still, a ray of hope remains to...With four children, all under the age of 10, spending the weekend here, this was the perfect kind of book for me to be reading if I wanted to get any reading done at all And, of course, I always do Besides enjoying this book very much, I learned new things about the Philippines, such as that the country loves basketball I had no idea and the legend of Bernardo Carpio, which I especially enjoyed, as I love folktales from other countries and noting the similarities and differences among With four children, all under the age of 10, spending the weekend here, this was the perfect kind of book for me to be reading if I wanted to get any reading done at all And, of course, I always do Besides enjoying this book very much, I learned new things about the Philippines, such as that the country loves basketball I had no idea and the legend of Bernardo Carpio, which I especially enjoyed, as I love folktales from other countries and noting the similarities and differences among them Bernardo Carpio reminded me a little bit of our U.S tall tale figure, Paul Bunyan, though Carpio is muchlike the Greek mythological Atlas I liked how the author used Carpio like struggles as a metaphor for how Nardo felt when he was suffering his seizures The author also used, in a subtle way, Carpio s winning over the townspeople as a metaphor for the way Nardo won the little children over when he started his new school.Andi s Nardo s half sister voice and the dialogue ...I m so glad this book was passed onto me, it was very touching I am close to my family, especially my mom and brother and to read about a family like this was emotional, happy and sad I also learned a lot from this book, the mythology or folklore of other cultures can be very cool My first thought after reading this was to email my favorite anthropology teacher, who I took Cultural Anthropology from, and see if she d read this Maybe she d even want to teach this book with the other ones she I m so glad this book was passed onto me, it was very touching I am close to my family, especially my mom and brother and to read about a family like this was emotional, happy and ...There was a time when I would be tanned so dark Sunblock was not in my vocabulary before because I d be playing basketball in open courts at noon My younger sister too, was sporting the same tan I m the point guard, she was shooting guard because she was taller by 2 inches But everyone who would come to watch a game would call us twins and if we correct them, they would readily point at my sister as the Senior and me as the Sopho That was in high school, we d be juggling academics with There was a time when I would be tanned so d...This is one of the sweetest and most refreshing books I ve read this year It is a very sweet story, extremely well written and deeply enjoyable Actually, you want to know a funny story My roomie is from the Philippines and wait for it is a nurse Exactly like the mother of Andi and Bernardo And I laughed so much when Andi transcribes what she thinks is Tagalog, because that s exactly what I hear when my roomie talks to her family there Sorry, I m in a boring anecdote mode today This is a This is one of the sweetest and most refreshing books I ve read this year It is a very sweet story, extremely well written and deeply enjoyable Actually, you want to know a funny story My roomie is from the Philippines and wait for it is a nurse Exactly like the mother of Andi and Bernardo And I laughed so much when Andi transcribes what she thinks is Tagalog, because that s exactly what I hear when my roomie talks to her family there Sorry, I m in a boring anecdote mode today This is a very sweet and touching story about a family finally coming together and getting to know each other after so many years apart Andi and Bernardo s mother is a Filipino nurse who went to work in the UK, leaving her first son behind, thinking she could make him come after But the immigration laws are such that Bernardo hasn t been granted the right to go to the UK, and he spent his childhood in... So many armpits, So little deodorant.If you are looking for a short fun read, read this novel Will give an elaborate verdict later

Tall Story
  • English
  • 10 December 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 296 pages
  • 0385618948
  • Candy Gourlay
  • Tall Story