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The Housekeeper and the Professor - Community Reviews back

by Yōko Ogawa, Cassandra Campbell
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Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 15 years ago
This book is truly original, not your normal run of the mill. I highly recommend it. What is it about? It is about friendship and the beauty of numbers and baseball. And more..... Where should I start? I will start with the numbers. This is sort of the easiest to expalin. This book made me see and ...
debnance
debnance rated it 16 years ago
Lots of buzz around the blogosphere about this one. Not the usual hyped book, though. Very quiet story. Very Japanese. Exactly the book I wanted to read this week after the read-a-thon last weekend.
Maven Books
Maven Books rated it 16 years ago
A lovely and touching story, very simply written.
auntieannie
auntieannie rated it 16 years ago
A beautiful little book, the story of a hired housekeeper taking care of an eccentric math professor in Japan, and her 10 year old son. The professor reveals the beauty of mathematics (I got glimpses of it, but much of it is still mysterious to me!) to the housekeeper, and somewhat to her son. The p...
Dem
Dem rated it 56 years ago
3.5 StarThe Housekeeper + The Professor by Yoko Ogawa is a heart-warming story about a housekeeper, a professor and the housekeeper’s ten year old son but also and most importantly a story about what it means to live in the present, and about friendships, family and respect and a little Math thrown ...
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