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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Gold and Fishes Oct 04, 2011
By Catherine
"GrammyCatherine"
This was a wonderful book about the aftermath of the terrible tsunami that washed away countless people in 2004. Wonderfully researched, the story was primarily about and aid worker, Ayla Harris, who went on a relief mission to Banda Aceh. She is there to help people recover from the devastation of the tsunami, but also to try to locate her brother in law who was vacationing there.
I especially appreciated the descriptions of the challenges relief workers face. Facing cultural sensitivities, theft, lonliness, lack of supplies, food, water. and more, the aid workers carried on the good work for all the right reasons.
I have always appreciated the work that aid workers do, and fantasized doing some work myself. This book made me consider the work in a very different way.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
An Absolute Gem Mar 09, 2010
By J. Knox
"JK"
Donna Carrick's "Gold and Fishes" is a well-written story, filled with just enough plot twists and research to make it a literary gem. The book begins with a woman seeking purpose after a failed relationship. As an aid worker, Ayla turns to her work to find purpose, and instead she finds so much more. As a series of unpredictable events unfold, Ayla finds what she's looking for, but her journey is filled with dangerous turns, eye-opening glimpses into the human capacity for greed; and ultimately, the human capacity for compassion. It turns out to be the very person Ayla wants most to help that gives her the drive to realize who she truly is, and the strength to persevere. This is a beautiful story, unique and delicately pieced together. Read it!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Well-Written & Researched Dec 13, 2011
By SanDiegoJesse
This author has done her homework with great research and has written a good book. I'd bet she had first-hand experience as part of the clean-up; at least that's how the book made me feel. That she has a personal connection with this location and earthquake aftermath. Unfortunately, I really didn't connect with the characters. Not sure why not, just didn't.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 tarnished gold Dec 18, 2011
By Cat mom
i really wanted to love this book in tribute to those lost in the tsunami.however,it was too hard to follow.it kept going backwards and fowards in time.although,it was well researched,the characters were one dimensional.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Compelling and well-written thriller Feb 19, 2012
By Eve Paludan
From the very first page, I was drawn into this compelling story of a Canadian nurse who traveled to find her brother-in-law after a tsunami. Folding herself into the local culture, she served the survivors of the tsunami with nursing care, even as she tried to unravel the mystery of her missing brother-in-law. The people she meets become a part of her as they bond together in the harsh aftermath of a disaster of epic proportions. The characters are well-drawn, the mystery is engaging, and the danger escalates as she discovers things that surprise her and also unrolls some of her past in small pieces until the reader has a full picture of the brave and adventurous heroine. The book is well-written in a factual journalistic style, but with plenty of emotion embedded in the unfolding events. I liked this book a lot and recommend it as a realistic portrait of a nurse in a disaster aftermath and how her heartstrings are pulled by people she meets and begins to care for. I especially enjoyed reading a book by a Canadian author, which I plan to do more often. There was a lovely syntax to Donna Carrick's writing that was somehow a bridge between American writing and UK-style writing. I quite enjoyed the lyrical quality of the story, which was well paced and had believable dialogue and well-researched settings.
p.s. I bought this book for my Kindle but instead read it on my Amazon Cloud Reader and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked the Cloud Reader for multi-tasking.
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