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Sylvie's Story

  • May 11, 2021
  • John J. Gaynard
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Sylvie s Story Sylvie is on the run from the men of the Congolese dictator who killed her father and raped her mother The only way she can survive in Pointe Noire is by selling herself under a false name to oil comp

  • Title: Sylvie's Story
  • Author: John J. Gaynard
  • ISBN: 1494374382
  • Page: 301
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback

    • Sylvie is on the run from the men of the Congolese dictator who killed her father and raped her mother The only way she can survive in Pointe Noire is by selling herself under a false name to oil company men she attracts in nightclubs, discoth ques and bars She knows that if she can leave the country she has the education and good looks to make a success of herself and e Sylvie is on the run from the men of the Congolese dictator who killed her father and raped her mother The only way she can survive in Pointe Noire is by selling herself under a false name to oil company men she attracts in nightclubs, discoth ques and bars She knows that if she can leave the country she has the education and good looks to make a success of herself and earn enough money to get her mother and sisters out of the Congo before they are discovered by the Cobras However the Dictator s men control all the borders They will do everything possible to stop and kill her before she can leave the country One night she is picked up by a wealthy Frenchman who offers her a job in France and who takes care of all of the paperwork The first few months of her new life as a highly paid, sophisticated escort working mainly for the French arms industry and its clients are too good to be true When she meets a politician who used to know her father she thinks he will help her, but he puts her in a situation as bad as how she was treated by the Cobras Get A Copy Kindle Store Online StoresAudibleBarnes NobleWalmart eBooksApple BooksGoogle PlayAbebooksBook DepositoryIndigoAlibrisBetter World BooksIndieBoundLibraries Or buy for Mass Market Paperback, 124 pages Published January 17th 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform first published January 15th 2014 More Details ISBN 1494374382 ISBN13 978149

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    1. John J. Gaynard

      John J Gaynard is from Mayo in the West of Ireland He has lived in Paris for many years Nobody I Know is his fifth novel He has worked extensively in Africa mostly the French speaking countries , the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the United States and speaks French as well as he does English The BookViral review of Nobody I Know begins Take a deep breath and enter the mind of John J John J Gaynard is from Mayo in the West of Ireland He has lived in Paris for many years Nobody I Know is his fifth novel He has worked extensively in Africa mostly the French speaking countries , the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the United States and speaks French as well as he does English The BookViral review of Nobody I Know begins Take a deep breath and enter the mind of John J Gaynard An author with a fiery intellect and an imagination to match, his new release Nobody I Know is sure to captivate its readers as Gaynard takes us on a warped psychological thriller that keeps us guessing till the very end and ends, An author with a highly distinctive literary voice and a genuine page turner of a novel Nobody I Know proves simply superb and is recommended without reservation

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    1. Sylvie s Story is the prequel to, and replays the events that immediately precede the dramatic opening of, Gaynard s Green Blood is for France , the political thriller featuring Irish detective Timothy O Mahony.The blurb for Green Blood is for France reads The near naked, mutilated body of a young black woman is washed up on a remote beach in the west of Ireland The search to find her killer takes Timothy O Mahony far from his existence as a Garda sergeant in Bangor Erris into the corruption Syl [...]

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    2. This book came to me as a GoodReads giveaway.Sylvie Youlou has fallen on hard times She once lived a privileged life in Belgium and the Congo as the daughter of Ambassador Fran ois Youlou But during a coup d tat her father was murdered and she and her mother were raped.To support her crippled mother and the remains of her family Sylvie is forced to become a prostitute, working the bars that serve oil crews in Pointe Noire.To maintain a degree of separation from common whores, Sylvie and oth This [...]

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    3. I won this book through giveaway.It is hard to imagine that a man wrote this book The empathy shown toward the women and particularly Silvie is interesting As a woman, this book made me mad Politicians and wealthy men who enjoy the company of beautiful women for the sole purpose of kinky sex has been with us for centuries This story discusses the women It is exceptionally well done and delivers the message loud and clear.

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    4. Received this book free through It s a blend of sex, politics, and murder Good for those who like fast paced thrillers.

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    5. I find it a little weird that I m asked to rate my own book on , at the moment of listing it.While giving myself airs and graces by giving it a five, I am of course aware of the behaviours condemned in Robbie Burns s poem To a Louse On Seeing One on a Lady s bonnet in Church Here is the last verse O wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as ithers see us It wad frae monie a blunder free usAn foolish notion What airs in dress an gait wad lea es us,An ev n devotion So, while s I find it a [...]

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    6. i received this free from good reads sylvies s story is a slender paperback novella as an octogenarian i am no longer titilated by sexual exploits is is however well written i cry easily watching or reading poignant events, however for whatever reason i could not empathize with her in any way it is relevant in what so many women thruout the world are experiencing,with politics thrown in, but it left me wanting in connection to her is a prequel so if you wish to you can continue i received this f [...]

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