Farewell Alexandria by Derek Adie Flower
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- Pub. Date: December 2007
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Format: Paperback, 380pp
- ISBN-13: 9781847534422
- ISBN: 1847534422
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Love, loss, and the rise from poverty to the power wealth?by ReviewYourBook.com
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November 13, 2008:
Derek Adie Flower
Lulu Publishing
ISBN: 9781847534422
Reviewed by Dawn Janine Mitchell for ReviewYourBook.com, 10/08
5 stars
Love, loss, and the rise from poverty to the power wealth?
This is a tale that begins in Alexandria with the birth of Antor Caspardian and ends with his farewell to Alexandria on his 80th birthday, as Julius Caspar. The story spans 80 years and three generations, exposing the rise from genteel poverty to immense wealth.
As well as a family saga, this is also a history and cultural lesson. Many of the background accounts in the story are factual, accounting international history.
This is a heartbreaking, bittersweet, and poignant tale. I fell in love with Antor. While reading, I felt a mixture of emotions rage and fury to delight and amusement.
Farewell Alexandria is great work of art. The author, Derek Adie Flower, is a master story-teller who also knows how to incorporate a history lesson in his storyline.
A Must Read!by AuthorKellyMoran
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October 16, 2008:
After reading Farewell Alexandria, by Derek Flower, I am exceedingly impressed. Derek Flower has lived in Egypt , France , and Italy . He has an Honors Degree in Modern Languages and speaks English, Italian, and French. He has three fiction and three non-fiction titles to his name. Currently he resides just outside of Rome with his wife.
Although a work of fiction, many of the background accounts in the story are factual, accounting international history. A family saga, of sorts, this memoir follows a family through three generations over a span of eighty years- beginning with the birth of Antor Caspardian, to his son, George, his daughter, MaryAnn, and grandchildren, Nelson, Jemima, and A.J. It relates the elation of love, the devastation of loss, and the rise from poverty to the power wealth can bring; all amidst the economical and political history he lays out.
The book had a few editing issues such as: misplaced and/or needed commas, and misspellings. Overall, there were few, and was not a distraction while reading. Following all of the secondary characters could be, at times, a bit difficult to keep straight. In my opinion, the book should have been published in hard cover.
In saying that, I cannot possibly conjure enough positive adjectives to describe this book. It was so eloquently written that I found myself completely immersed in the story-line from page one. The characters were not only believable and relatable, but you felt as if you?ve known them your entire life. The pure ambition of the characters, along with the adventure and intrigue written, were a true testament to the human spirit and the force that drives us all. Beginning and ending the book in the same place, with the same character, only added leverage. It was extremely difficult to put down. I, at no time, lost interest, nor did I find any dead spots. It was not predictable in any form. The mixture of emotions that floods your system, from rage, fury, and wrath, to delight, amusement, and euphoria, engage you in this assault from the first chapter. Readers can take with them a history and cultural lesson they will not soon forget. This was a heartbreaking, bittersweet, and poignant tale; one that will stay with me for a long time. I need not say that I hope to find more titles from him in the future, as I know there will be.
Kelly Moran,
Author and Reviewer
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