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Title: nothing special...
Review: My unhappiness with this novel comes from its rather too obvious historical/sociological research (inserted in great dollops throughout) and the shallowness of the characters. The story such as it is moves along at a steady pace but in the end does not say a great deal. It's a bit like a popular 20th century history (event after event) seen through the eyes of not very significant people. Compared with the witty, observant family-centered novels of authors like Nancy Clark, Jonathan Franzen or George Hagen, this is minor stuff, the sort of novel you buy in a remainder book shop (which is where I bought my copy) and maybe read on a plane. I won't be chasing the rest of Ms Jaffe's output. But - I paid about $4 and got about $4 worth of a novel.
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