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Book Review of The Reader

The Reader
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An Oprah Book Club book and a New York Times Notable Book Of The Year. A story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, enfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen year old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover. Then she disappears. Michael meets up with her later when he is a lawyer and Hanna is on trial for a hideous murder.