The Poppy Field Diary, by Carey Richard
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Silver Medalist 2015 Independent Publishers Awards
Book of the Year Finalist 2014 Foreword Reviews
Finalist 2015 Indie Excellence Book Awards
Semi-Finalist 2015 Kindle Book Awards
Mississippi Library Association 2015 Fiction Award
From award winning author Carey Richard comes his debut literary fiction - a compelling journey through the beautiful fields of the human heart. Kirkus Reviews describes it as, "A highly personal story that mines the psychology of betrayal and forgiveness..."
Afghanistan was a beautiful land until greed and ambition pillaged its fertile valleys. She was beautiful, too. Betrayed and broken, she journeyed through 40 years of nomadic longing as her picturesque village disintegrated along with her hope. Unlike her beloved land, she at last discovered her place of rest.
Though she remains unnamed, her Poppy Field Diary is a story for everyone who has ever loved. We dream, we hope, and we fall in love, only to hurt the thing we cherish most. But a few rare and beautiful relationships survive that lonely journey through the minefields of passion to discover intimacy, kindness, and forgiveness.
The Poppy Field Diary, by Carey Richard- Amazon Sales Rank: #141771 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-11-30
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 602 minutes
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Riveting and satisfying! By Amazon Customer This book is like reading a symphony, with it's high's, low's and ebbs of the emotion, to dream the dreams of love, experience the depths of betrayal and then the raw emotion of the journey from bitterness to forgiveness. It is even more impactful in the setting of a culture that seemingly doesn't recognize love and is only concerned about infidelity when it involves women. I was fascinated by the history of the nation, of it's one-time strides into a modern world, then to suddenly be ravaged and stripped bare by war - Afghanistan, is seems, has also been betrayed. I enjoyed the glossary at the end of the book, as it provided more interesting clarity to aspects and people previously mentioned. I am looking forward to Carey's next book!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Brought to mind Khaled Hosseini By A. Scott Clement When I was first introduced to this novel, I was told that it was a "chick book", so I approached it with a bit of doubt. (I don't do "chick" sutff.) About three chapters in, I took to task the person who gave me that description. This is not a "chick book."Yes, it is a first-person account from a woman's perspective. Yes, it deals with relationships and marriage and even romance. But the story is rich and multidimensional, deep and layered, drawing empathy from the reader.Character development is deep, not overly or burdensomely complex, but rich and textured. One grows empathetic with the characters - especially the protagonist. They - especially she - seem like real people living real lives, experiencing real joy and tragedy.The story's backdrop - geographic, cultural and historical - are painted in rich, vivid and living color. One of my favorite descriptions for its richness and simplicity, was at the beginning of the story of a woman washing her hair in the courtyard of a village home. I could smell the soap, see the glistening of her wet hair, hear the water splashing in the basin as she rinsed. There was such an authentic, homey feel to the scene.The book was an easy read, but not a simple read. It would not have been difficult to move through quickly - if that's your thing. I, however, was compelled to take my time, move slowly through the narrative, savor the rich descriptive passages, listen to the voice of the protagonist as she related her very human story. I found myself re-reading some passages not because I had to or even needed to, but because I wanted to savor them.It is obvious from the authenticity of the prose that Richard has "been there, done that." He has clearly witnessed the scenes of which he writes, has spent time and empathized with the (kinds of) people who figure in this novel.Given the power of the story, the intensity of the human element, and the richness of its cultural and geographical settings, I couldn't help but be reminded of Khaled Hosseini's novels. If you want the experience of visiting a far away land and culture but can't leave your own home, you could do much worse than to start here, in Carey Richard's poppy field.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Lyrical and Strong By Terry Conrad Richard is an excellent story teller and the backdrop of Afghanistan is complex and fascinating. His voice is both lyrical and strong, painting both lovely and gritty characters against a very hard landscape; with a culture and traditions that are rich and chaotic. As a woman reading a woman's story in the midst of a male-driven war-torn society, I felt true compassion for not only the characters, but for the souls living in this part of the world; which is credit to Richard's craft, breathing real life into printed words. The transition from the story to the appendix was a leap for me. I would have been satisfied at story's end, which was lovely, with the glossary section to complete the circle. This is not a book that I devoured, but looked forward to picking up in steady intervals. Perhaps forgiveness is the theme of The Poppy Field Diary, but I found the mixture of bitter and sweet, masculine and feminine, beautiful and brutal to richly mingle and capture a land not-so-foreign-to-me-now called Afghanistan.
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