tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782277794223039496.post4241208275360916965..comments2024-03-27T14:12:10.978-07:00Comments on Carstairs Considers....: Book Review: Live Free or Die by Jessie CrockettMark Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782277794223039496.post-67962587801989057882016-12-20T18:05:13.270-08:002016-12-20T18:05:13.270-08:00Sounds like parts of this one would annoy me too. ...Sounds like parts of this one would annoy me too. fredamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445217103291725907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782277794223039496.post-36543498398406146122016-12-17T09:36:59.232-08:002016-12-17T09:36:59.232-08:00The setting sounds like the highlight of the book....The setting sounds like the highlight of the book. Seems like the author may have oversimplified attitudes towards immigrants -- although I know there is unfortunately a lot of prejudice in our fair state.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782277794223039496.post-34858554969793246572016-12-16T14:07:14.410-08:002016-12-16T14:07:14.410-08:00Regional towns don't often see immigrants and ...Regional towns don't often see immigrants and tend to be conservative, but I know of quite a lot of small towns here in Oz that have refugee families arrive and settle in and then, when the government tries to make them leave the country for one reason or another, they fight it. <br /><br />There's one town I heard of recently which was dying because nearly all the young people were leaving. They invited a bunch of African refugees to settle and suddenly the place was thriving. There's a school again! And many of these new settlers were farmers back home. One of them was crying for joy because it looked so much like where he came from. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com