Family David Baldacci
An Era of Delusion and Discovery
Linda Dahl has captured the essence of a unique era, created a cast of eccentric characters, and placed them in another time and place the Mayan pyramids, and the Mexico of the 1970s in her novel “Gringa in a Strange Land.”
Erica Mason has a dream of finding herself through her art. She visits the colonial city of Merida in the Yucatan peninsula and is torn between working to become an artist and giving in to the enticement and lure of the drug culture. The story takes Erica to the Mayan ruins and to the beaches of Belize and the city of Oaxaca.
Twenty-three year old Erica Mason is a well educated middle class youth enamored by the counter culture of the 1960′s and 70′s. She became engaged as an advocate in causes such as: women’s lib, legalized abortion, and anti-war rallies. Erica soon came to the realization that she had become trapped by an addiction to prescription drugs.
Erica traveled to the Mayan world of the Yucatan. It is Erica’s hope that she will find herself. It is her dream to become an established proficient skilled artist. Disillusioned and overcome with the unbearable heat of Merida, she lost herself in the drug culture and in an alcoholic stupor. She was plagued with loneliness and feelings of despair.
Erica observed the scarcity of basic needs, the wretched conditions, the personal disasters, and the plight of those destined to poverty. Her paintings took on a matching depth of reality as her clear vivid strokes came to life on canvas as her own life continued in a downward spiral.
“Gringa in a Strange Land” is written from Linda Dahl’s own personal observation gained from time spent in the Yucatan and throughout Latin America during her college training in Latin American studies and while growing up in the 60′s, the era and setting of the book.
Dahl’s writes is literary in style. She writes with depth of feeling. I especially appreciated the character development of her protagonist, Erica, her supporting characters, and the various antagonists.
Dahl writes with diligent detail. Her descriptions of the topography and ethos are breathtaking conveying understanding and insight into the background of the Yucatan, its culture and its people.
“Gringa in a Strange Land” is dynamic writing and absorbing reading. Powerfully gripping.
Robert D. Reed Publishers, Inc., 978-1934759394
As Reviewed for Midwest Book Review
Richard R. Blake, Christian Education Consultant, Freelance Writer, Editorial Resources, Critiques, Book Reviews.
LVA Book Talk Series – David Baldacci April 20, 2009
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Hour Game By Baldacci, David $13.25 In the wake of a series of brutal murders in the Virginia countryside in which the killer leaves watches on the victims bodies, investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell discover that the case may be related to one involving an aristocratic southern family, a situation that turns worse when a copycat killer enters the fray. By the author of Split Second. Reprint. Author: Baldacci, David Series Title: King Maxwell Publication Date: 2005/09/01 Number of Pages: 611 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 4.50 Height: 7.00 |
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Absolute Power By Baldacci, David $16.24 An unlikely witness threatens a highlevel government coveruporchestrated by the Secret Service and a ruthlessly loyal White House chiefofstaffof a brutal murder involving the president and his mistress. Author: Baldacci, David Publication Date: 2010/01/04 Number of Pages: 678 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.50 Width: 4.00 Height: 7.50 |
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