A lovely dad

A 9 year old girl, Josely, had a dad who is/was a truck driver. One day Josely asked her dad, 'Can you take care of my doll, Abbie, for a day? ' and she added 'Abbie really wants to go to work with her grandpa'. The next morning Josely again reminded her dad not to forget to take Abbie with him when he was about to go to work. So, he took the doll Abbie to work. He even sent some pictures of Abbie to his daughter to show her that he took good care of the doll. Abbie was sitting  in the passenger seat with her seat-belt and there were some snacks and a Coke beside her in the pictures. He really was a lovely dad.

The Way to Paradise

This is the title of a marvelous book of by the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa. I just finished reading it and  my entry today obviously has to be about this book. 

This book has almost five hundred pages and it tells us the life (story) of the painter Gauguin and his grand mother, the activist Flora Tristan. So, as you can guess, this book is more than just a novel- it is also a biography of they both.
For me, it is an excellent book because it's very well writen and very well documented. It was especially interesting for me to learn more about Gauguin and his particular view of life and art. I don't really like his work, but I admire the fact that he started to paint very late in his life. And as far as Flora Tristan, this woman was just awesome! I didn't know anything about her before reading this book. and Now I'm just fascinated by this woman.

So, yes... I loved this book, and I hope to continue reading more of Vargas Llosa's works in the future.

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Nice review- it makes me want to read it! :)

After weeks I'm back!

Hi everyone!
I have been busy during the last few weeks with my studies, but I'm finally free! and I´ve come back to our italki community.
I'm studing administration now, but I'm looking to take an advanced English course to make soon. Before this, right now , First, I'm searching for partners from the United States to help me with my English pronunciation, I'm from Brazil, so, if you're studying Portuguese, I can help you. Tell me if you want to wanna (wanna is okay for texting and speech but not writing.) be my partner, we can talk via Skype or Whatsapp. Thank you guys!