The Book Borrower
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780688168247 (0688168248)
Publish date: October 28th 1999
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Books About Books,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens
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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