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The Book Borrower|Alice Mattison

The Book Borrower

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On the day they first meet in a city playground, Deborah Laidlaw lends Toby Ruben a book called Trolley Girl, the memoir of a forgotten trolley strike in the 1920s, written by the sister of a fiery Jewish revolutionary who played an important, ultimately tragic role in the events. Young mothers with babies, Toby and Deborah become instant friends. It is a relationship that will endure for decades--through the vagaries of marriage, career, and child-rearing, through heated discussions of politics, ethics, and life--until an insurmountable argument takes the two women down divergent paths. But in the aftermath of crisis and sorrow, it is a borrowed book, long set aside and forgotten, that will unite Toby and Deborah once again.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061153020
  • ISBN-10: 0061153028
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Publish Date: September 2008
  • Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.24 x 0.73 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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