BookBrowse Reviews Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman

Name: Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Rating: 4.4 (8 reviews)
Author: Ayelet Waldman
ISBN: 9780385515306

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

by Ayelet Waldman

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Jan 26, 2006, 352 pages

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Jan 2007, 352 pages

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- Contemporary
- Dealing with Loss
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A strikingly beautiful novel for our time, tackling the absurdities of modern life and reminding us why we love some people no matter what

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This review was originally published in The BookBrowse Review in February 2006, and has been updated for the January 2007 edition. Click here to go to this issue.

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