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This book review, as well as many more, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm ([...])

Note: My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishing for providing me with a complimentary e-book copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

My Thoughts: I was excited to read this Advanced Reading Copy for a few reasons. First, I have always loved reading about the World War II era. While it has always fascinated me, the books that I usually read on that subject tend to focus on the actual war and don't use the historic backdrop of the aftermath of the war. I loved that The Imposter Bride shows that the devastation didn't end with the war. Richler not only focuses on Lily's character but how the war affected the Jewish community in Montreal as well.

Secondly, the story had many criteria that I feel make up a great read. There was mystery, family drama, history and the fact that it was set in Canada was icing on the cake for me.
Being a very proud Canuck I loved reading a book set in Canada. When I came across a paragraph that mentioned Trout Lake in the Laurentians I was more than a little thrilled (I have spent many summers on the shore of Trout Lake in North Bay, Ontario). But it's with more than a little embarrassment that I admit that I don't read nearly enough Canadian fiction. Yes, I have my favourite Canadian authors (Kelley Armstrong, Susanna Kearsley and Lawrence Hill to name a few) but I know that I need to take a jump into the Canadian author pool more regularly to find those Canadian gems and experience the talent that is right in my own backyard!

Richler definitely knows how to draw the reader in with her writing. Right from the start of the book I loved Richler's voice which was engaging and made me want to keep reading to find out more about her characters. While Ruth was the main character of the story it was Lily who drew me in and kept me reading. Lily was a very complicated and tragic character. Here's this woman who survives the war, steals the identity of another woman in order to have a chance at a better life only to find that things don't go as smoothly as she had planned. I do wish that we had heard more from Lily's point of view after she left her family. I would have loved to have heard Lily's inner dialogue about why she left and what she was feeling at the time.

Overall, I liked this book. The characters were interesting, the plot had a good pace but, if I'm being honest, I felt a little let down when I learned why Lily left her family. I suppose I was expecting some huge family secret to be unleashed on the family. When I read the real reason she took off on her infant and husband it was less dramatic than I was expecting.
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand I loved the subject, the era and the characters but unfortunately it just didn't grab me as much as I had hoped.

My Rating: 3/5 stars


Tags : The Imposter Bride: A Novel [Nancy Richler] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 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,Nancy Richler,The Imposter Bride: A Novel,HarperCollins Publishers,1443404020,FICTION Literary

The Imposter Bride A Novel Nancy Richler 9781443404020 Books Reviews

Enjoyed the Canadian setting of Montreal and beyond. The author did keep the reader's interest in wanting to know what happened to the Imposter Bride. There were, however, some gaps in the story----things which made one question the credulity of the "bride." Although the male characters were not that well drawn, that probably was not the point since the story belonged to the Daughter. Raised interesting questions about family. Because of some lapses in characterization, I gave it three rather than four stars
This is a story told by the child of a woman, her mother, with a secret past who comes to the States and marries a man who she likes but doesn't love. She mysteriously disappears one day and the only contact is that each year on her daughters birthday she send a wonderful stone that she has found somewhere. I won't tell you more!

The writing is good so you won't be irritated by the English but it takes a long time to get through it. I found some parts very slow and others would jump through time periods. Have to admit I began to skip a few pages at a time.
Gripping, engaging, and very real. The characters are alive and complex and their emotions are the core of the story. The story traces the life of a woman who flees the horrors of the Holocaust and the Jewish community in Montreal where she arrives to join many others who also started new lives after escaping tragedy in Europe. It's about my favorite themes of family and individual identity. I liked how the story is woven back and forth in time, with the truth becoming clearer with each chapter, sometimes one chapter illuminating a scene from the chapter before it as seen from a new character's perspective.
The overall story was excellent. I did, however, think the first fifty pages or so really told us everything and it may have been better to have spread some of the details over the life of the book. I was looking for a surprise or revelation which never really happened. Character development was good but more could have been revealed toward the end about Lily leaving her baby. Confusion occurred with the change of voice in alternating chapters. It was difficult to discern who was speaking and in which time period. Still, it was a good effort and invoked much discussion at the Book Club to which I belong.
As World War II was ending, Europe was full of refugees all trying to get somewhere, and everyone was looking for their missing family members. If you found a dead person with a good ID, you could take it and become that person and hope it would get you out of there - particularly to the Americas or Palestine. The mysterious woman who takes another’s ID and ends up in Canada is at the heart of the novel, though she disappears early leaving her new family wondering what happened to her, in particular her newborn daughter who longs to know her. It is beautifully written even though it sometimes slows down when the narration focuses on the young daughter growing up and trying to understand her family. But the characters are well developed, and some of them haunting, and that makes you push to resolve the tension. It gives a good insight into the Jewish refugees during years from 1945 up until 1970s. I think I read it in a day and a half because I wanted to know what happened. It is a quiet, easy to read little book, intriguing and worth the effort.
A young woman under duress of wartime, in a desperate bid to survive, makes a momentous, life changing decision, to steal another woman’s identity, which will forever affect her life and impact, those who love her. Though told primarily through two individuals, a cast of lively, dimensional characters reveals the story of love, deceit, and betrayal, as the figures disclose personal experiences and advance the plot that moves back and forth from Poland, Tel Aviv and Montreal. Set in the period of 1944 and ranging to 2005, the author maintains a sense of mystery throughout the intricately woven novel and employs both realistic dialogue and pictorial imagery.
This book review, as well as many more, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm ([...])

Note My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishing for providing me with a complimentary e-book copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

My Thoughts I was excited to read this Advanced Reading Copy for a few reasons. First, I have always loved reading about the World War II era. While it has always fascinated me, the books that I usually read on that subject tend to focus on the actual war and don't use the historic backdrop of the aftermath of the war. I loved that The Imposter Bride shows that the devastation didn't end with the war. Richler not only focuses on Lily's character but how the war affected the Jewish community in Montreal as well.

Secondly, the story had many criteria that I feel make up a great read. There was mystery, family drama, history and the fact that it was set in Canada was icing on the cake for me.
Being a very proud Canuck I loved reading a book set in Canada. When I came across a paragraph that mentioned Trout Lake in the Laurentians I was more than a little thrilled (I have spent many summers on the shore of Trout Lake in North Bay, Ontario). But it's with more than a little embarrassment that I admit that I don't read nearly enough Canadian fiction. Yes, I have my favourite Canadian authors (Kelley Armstrong, Susanna Kearsley and Lawrence Hill to name a few) but I know that I need to take a jump into the Canadian author pool more regularly to find those Canadian gems and experience the talent that is right in my own backyard!

Richler definitely knows how to draw the reader in with her writing. Right from the start of the book I loved Richler's voice which was engaging and made me want to keep reading to find out more about her characters. While Ruth was the main character of the story it was Lily who drew me in and kept me reading. Lily was a very complicated and tragic character. Here's this woman who survives the war, steals the identity of another woman in order to have a chance at a better life only to find that things don't go as smoothly as she had planned. I do wish that we had heard more from Lily's point of view after she left her family. I would have loved to have heard Lily's inner dialogue about why she left and what she was feeling at the time.

Overall, I liked this book. The characters were interesting, the plot had a good pace but, if I'm being honest, I felt a little let down when I learned why Lily left her family. I suppose I was expecting some huge family secret to be unleashed on the family. When I read the real reason she took off on her infant and husband it was less dramatic than I was expecting.
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand I loved the subject, the era and the characters but unfortunately it just didn't grab me as much as I had hoped.

My Rating 3/5 stars