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The Boston Girl (2014)

by Anita Diamant(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1439199353 (ISBN13: 9781439199350)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Scribner

review 1: A charming novel written like an oral history, as an 85 year old woman born in 1900 tells her granddaughter the story of her childhood and young adulthood as a young Jewish woman born in Boston to Russian immigrant parents. It is therefore not written in a fancy literary style, nor does it have quite the epic feel of "The Red Tent" by the same author, but it couldn't have felt more real or true - truly felt like I was sitting there listening to my own relative telling stories about their life, and I didn't want it to end. I was actually quite choked up at the end, just because the book was over and it was like Addie had become part of my family. A quiet but lovely novel. Note: I received a copy of this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased re... moreview.
review 2: This is one of those rare novels that if 'life hadn't gotten in the way' I could have read in one sitting! It was like pulling a warm blanket out of the drier and wrapping it around you... I LOVED the first person telling of the story and felt like Addie was my grandmother telling me about her life! Very simple and honest... made me truly wish that my own grandparents were still around to ask them the story of their lives! A true gem! less

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