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Vaclav & Lena (2011)

by Haley Tanner(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0812981634 (ISBN13: 9780812981636)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dial Press Trade Paperback

review 1: First of all, none of the book descriptions (even from the jacket cover) do not adequately preview this book...they are far more positive in nature than what what the book actually is. Is it a fairy tale? Is it a love story? Not really...it is only trying to be. Overly-stereotypical characters. Motivations and descriptions of emotions/feelings rarely made sense. What is good? The lyrical, musical cadence of the writing style.
review 2: What a rich and nuanced narrative. This novel draw us in, immediately, through the experiences of children, into the world of the Russian emigre community in Brighton Beach, New York. The author lets us see not only through the eyes of the two children whose circus dreams lift them out of their daily struggle, but also t... morehrough the perspective of Vaclav's protective mother and even his disappointed, drinking father. Although the ending came too suddenly for me, it was a book I could not put down. less

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