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Book Description: On the first page of The Book Borrower, Toby Ruben and Deborah Laidlaw meet in 1975 in a New York City playground, where the two women are looking after their babies. Deborah lends Toby a book, Trolley Girl,--a memoir about a long ago trolley strike and three Jewish sisters, one a fiery revolutionary--that will disappear and reappear throughout the twenty-two years these women are friends.
Through two decades Deborah and Toby raise their children, embark on teaching careers, and argue about politics, education, and their own lives. One day during a hike, they have an argument that cannot be resolved--and the two women take different, permanent paths--but it is ultimately the borrowed book that will bring them back together. With sensitivity and grace, Alice Mattison shows how books can rescue us from our deepest sorrows; how the events of the outside world play into our private lives; and how the bonds between women are enduring, mysterious, and laced with surprise. (Read the first page.)

Coming in November: Lorna Landvik's Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons. Said Landvik, "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons was inspired by my many visits to book clubs. I wanted to write about a group of women whose monthly book discussions blossomed into deep friendship and all that entails. (Birth, divorce, death, pot-smoking while discussing, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but were afraid to ask.) This book spans a couple of decades; starting in the swinging sixties (yay hotpants!) and ending in the 1990s. I've visited many bookclubs who've discussed this book and a common question they ask each other is "Which character did you most identify with?" It's funny how many of them say Audrey, who's the neighborhood sex symbol." © Copyright 2005, Lorna Landvik.

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