Carol Off
Författare till Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet
Om författaren
Carol Off is co-host of CBC Radio's current affairs program As It Happens.
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- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Födelseort
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Bostadsorter
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Utbildning
- University of Western Ontario (Honours B.A. | English Literature)
- Yrken
- journalist
Radio host - Relationer
- Macintyre, Linden (husband)
- Organisationer
- CBC
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (Vice-President) - Priser och utmärkelser
- B'nai Brith Award (1993)
International Gabriel Award (1993)
Investigative Journalism Citation of Merit (1993)
Hot Docs Festival (1st Prize, 1996)
John Drainie Award (2008) - Agent
- Shaun Bradley (TLA)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 325
- Popularitet
- #72,884
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 12
- ISBN
- 23
- Språk
- 2
This book really depressed me. From this book, I learned that children/slaves mostly farm the cocoa for the chocolate we mostly eat.
The book itself was hard to digest. Perhaps, because I was stuck in a doctor's office waiting room for 3 hours, I found many of the chapters barely edible for my eyes. I got lost a number times in a world of names and events.
The rise of power of Hershey and Cadbury I found most interesting. That rise of power came with a rise of disgusting practices on their part (especially Cadbury). Cadbury has made some small steps toward a solution since then.
The ending of the book just left me bitter and confused. Author offers no real solution to the problem and I feel lacked a personal touch. But she did enough to make someone pause for a moment before just mindlessly stuffing a piece of chocolate in their face.… (mer)