Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author. Across New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the lost love who, sixty years ago in Poland, inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives...
What I liked:
- The characters were all very interesting and different.
- The overall story was a beautiful concept.
- I enjoyed Alma's search for the author of this amazing book.
Didn't like:
- The story was hard to follow. There are various characters and there are various times in history as well. I'm still a bit confused.
- I wanted the story to have more impact for these characters at the end. It felt a little lackluster. But maybe that's the point. Life is life and sometimes--well, most of the time life doesn't turn out how we expect.
Overall, it's a pretty story but a little harsher than I was expecting.
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