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Review Date: 9/28/2006
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"This is a great story about a divorced, suicidal single mother trying to raise a shy, but gifted pre-teenage boy, who's looking for male role models wherever he can get them."
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"Beryl Bainbridge's historical fictional account of the last 20 years of Samuel Johnson's life will appeal especially to readers who have some background of the subject, but it won't shut out those who don't."
Review Date: 9/28/2006
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"Symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness -- brilliant"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"A thriller with attitude to spare"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"Paris in the '30s through eyes of Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"Chicago in the seventies"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"Whodunit of unusual class and intellect"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"Gutsy characters, smart repartee, breathless action"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
15 member(s) found this review helpful.
"The Giver deals with important issues including individuality, diversity, and euthanasia. The book is classified as young adult literature, but the novel appeals to readers of all ages. I found it powerful and provocative"
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"The essential book for the MAtrix generation...a great read."
Review Date: 9/28/2006
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"A portrait of family love and how it endures and changes over time. I found it deeply affecting."
Review Date: 9/28/2006
"From Calcutta to Cambridge,Massachusetts...expectations of parents and how we define who we are."
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
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Book Type: Paperback
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 9/28/2006
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
"Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history and stories of people who care for them."
Review Date: 9/29/2006
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"It has all the elements one wants in a historical drama: love, sex, violence, duplicity and long-buried secrets."
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