The Imposter Bride

Hardcover, 352 pages

English language

Published Jan. 27, 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-1-4434-0402-0
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OCLC Number:
751634863

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2 stars (1 review)

When a young, enigmatic woman arrives in post-war Montreal, it is immediately clear that she is not who she claims to be. Her attempt to live out her life as Lily Azerov shatters as she disappears, leaving a new husband and baby daughter, and a host of unanswered questions. Who is she really and what happened to the young woman whose identity she has stolen? Why has she left and where did she go? It is left to the daughter she abandoned to find the answers to these questions as she searches for the mother she may never find or really know.

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2 stars

with it's a soap opera title, i didn't expect much from this book so i was pleasantly surprised to have the plot move quickly from the imposter to her 6 year old child and to her future sister-in-law's family. the book was choppy - shifting backwards and forwards through time without much grace or warning. but i liked that at first, as if it was a new book every time and maybe i'd like this one better.
but ultimately, i felt nothing for these characters. an attempt for closure at the end of the book consisted of an unspoken understanding between the abandoned child and mother so i, the uninformed reader, am still in the dark. except, as i already stated, i don't care about any of the characters so i can't even muster outrage at the author's choice of ending.

Subjects

  • Jews
  • Fiction

Places

  • Montréal
  • Québec (Province)