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by: Amy Bloom
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781862079700
Format: Import
ISBN: 073949192X
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2007
Publisher: Random House
Sales Rank: 752082
Studio: Random House
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - vulgar and disgusting
I was very disgusted with this book. It was the first book I read by Amy Bloom and it will be the last. My book club picked this book as our book for November from a Book club companion guide we receive from Random House readers circle. Everything they had to say about the book made it seem like a good choice, but one thing you don't know about a book until you start to read it is the language, tone, and sexuality of the book. I think this book was written using very vulgar language and describing ... Read More
Rating:  - READ THIS BOOK!
I LOVED this book. I picked it up at the airport before a long flight because...wait for it...I liked the cover. I was transported. It is unlike any book I have ever read, and I've read a few. It was spare and neat, and yet at the same time, beautifully and heartbreakingly descriptive. I loved that every time you thought you had it figured out, and knew what was going to happen next, you were surprised. It was a revelation!
Rating:  - I wanted to like this story but couldn't.
I started out liking the story of poor immigrant Lillian Leyb who beats out her friend for a seamstress job at the theater. She does what she must do to survive in a new country living in poverty. As it went on though, it became more and more unbelievable. This book is written in a very unusual style for historical fiction. I think that may have been the reason I found the story disjointed and difficult to follow. There are plenty of robust and colorful characters to hold your interest. But their ... Read More
Rating: - Pleasure to read
I read this book in a day and a half. Ms. Bloom's writing style is very good and she is excellent at creating memorable images. The book is also fairly well researched and tells a lot of history without lecturing. The main character is a very likeable Jewish girl (not Russian for G-d's sakes! Wake up reviewers: lovely Russians hacked to death her entire family). Thanks to Lilian's adventures, the reader gets to see the country in the 1920s through her eyes: all the way from Manhattan to Alaska. Besides ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Book
This was an excellent book It was discussed at our Book Discussion Group. Everyone praised the author.
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