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The Book Borrower: A Novel
The Book Borrower A Novel
Author: Alice Mattison
On the first page of The Book Borrower, Toby Ruben and Deborah Laidlaw meet in a city playground where they are looking after their babies. Deborah lends Toby a book, Trolley Girl, a memoir about a 1920s trolley strike and three Jewish sisters, which will disappear and reappear throughout the twenty-two years these women are friends. Toby and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688168247
ISBN-10: 0688168248
Publication Date: 10/1999
Pages: 278
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Publisher: William Morrow Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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A novel inside a novel-- the contemporary story examines (pseudo-)friendship and betrayal, and was interesting enough; wasn't too enthralled with the historical back-story involving an anarchist and her sister.
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I enjoyed eading this book very much. The story was unusual and it is very well written. A refreshing break for me from you usual fare.


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