by Nancy Richler
I found this book to be interesting as I was reading it, at least in the context of Ruth, the daughter of "Lily", Ruth's mother and the imposter referred to in the title. Lily's sections though, seemed a lot more superficial in some aspects, but engaging and heart-warming in other aspects -- hard t...
3.5/5 StarsFirst off, I must say that this book was TOTALLY different than what I had expected it to be. In my opinion, it was much more of a mystery with little focus put onto the "bride" than what the book jacket let on. However, I loved the mystery and the unusual storyline of the book. Second, t...
Sorry, but there was not enough story to encourage me to continue reading to see what the big mystery was. The POV/time switches were very jarring and distracted from the reading experience. I began to lose track of who was who and what time frame we were in. Would have worked better from the daught...
I found The Imposter Bride to be an engaging and character driven book. The story can be quite bleak but the characters kept me reading.The story is told in alternating chapters by Lily and her daughter Ruth. Even though the book begins with Lily the story really belongs to Ruth. She is only an infa...
11/16/12 SA
11/16/12 SA
This is another of the shortlisted books for this year's Giller Prize. The bride in question is a Jewish woman who has fled Europe in WW2, and has eventually arrived in Montreal, to take part in an arranged marriage. As soon as her betrothed lays eyes on her, he rejects her, to his everlasting reg...
It is a basic human need. “Our need to know where we come from, to connect it to who we are and where we’re going.”Ruth becomes aware of this need, first, when she is six years old, but that is just the beginning.It is not, however, the beginning of The Imposter Bride; Nancy Richler's novel begins ...
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