Member Reviews

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “what can one say..... this book has made me know ppl better and at the end tear surface up.....a sweet yet powerful book.”

  sneha ghosh wrote this review Thursday, October 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A very enlightening story and a great example as to how student- teacher relationship could be...
  
  There is not one dull moment to be found in the book , whether its about a bus ride or a student crush!”

  Lina A wrote this review Wednesday, September 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A very touching written record of a teacher and his experience. humane and real.”

  Ro wrote this review Thursday, August 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Parts of this are very memorable...and not exactly in a good way, lol!”

  Karen C wrote this review Saturday, August 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I loved the movie so I chose to read the book. It was even better -- although I had to imagine Sidney Poitier as the protagonist!”

  jziegenm wrote this review Saturday, June 14 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “I agree. It is a really good book for migrants in the 60's to reminise on what happened to them when they first went to the UK with all their west indian qualifications. I think he was an engineer and could not find a job in his field and so he took up teaching about hygiene decorium and so on.”

  mira e wrote this review Monday, May 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Playing with your heart strings...”

  tom a wrote this review Friday, March 7 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Every one has a special teacher in our lives..
  Who change us in some or the other way and
  to whom you can give the credit for being what
  you are now...Prof. Braithwaite is one such person.
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  keerthi p wrote this review Wednesday, February 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Heartwarming. Nice.”

  shreyashetty wrote this review Wednesday, February 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “A true story of a young Guyanese black man who went to the Uk and was able to gain acceptance and tremendous respect from young white community of students”

  dawn s wrote this review Saturday, February 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )