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Gentrification, as they understood it, was something other people did.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

October 10, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Sheep – Anna and Tom daydream about buying a dairy in France and making artisan sheep and goat’s milk cheeses. Tom had argued that Sicily had been a conformist, lazy choice, in a tone that suggested that the conformist wasn’t him. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection An identical struggle for a different life motivated an entire sector of their generation. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Berlin was, to all intents and purposes, their main pastime—exploring it, understanding it, feeling part of it. In a way […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico ·
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The action of a plan

Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler

January 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you have a dream, you dream it. But to make that dream come true, someone will need to build it. We see how the men and women of construction, plumbing and more bring to life the plans of architects, engineers, and designers in Someone Builds the Dream.  Each part of the overall picture is important and needed, but Lisa Wheeler shows us tht without the person to twist a wrench, or move a plank to a certain spot, the finished project would still be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: architects, Business / Careers / Occupations, Construction workers, designers, engineers, Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long, People & Places, technology

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: architects, Business / Careers / Occupations, Construction workers, designers, engineers, Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long, People & Places, technology ·
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