by Alice Mattison
The story is set in Boston and begins in the 1970's. Toby and Elizabeth meet at the park while there with their children and form a lifetime friendship. Toby who is an avid reader is given a book by Elizabeth called "Trolley Girl" and hence begins the "bookception" if you will, a book-within-a-book...
So..this was on a list somewhere and so it got on my library holds. I was not impressed. The parallel plots between Jessie's life and Deborah/Toby were well constructed, but the construction showed through.The language often felt stilted. I especially did not like the way that Mattison used Toby's...
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