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Topic: For You New Yorkers

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Posted: 9:12 PM, July 28th (Wednesday), 2010

I just finished the latest historical fiction novel by Edward Rutherfurd.
It was a great, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable story and history lesson.
New York recounts the history of the city from the 1600s through to 2009, following families and their descendants while incorporating historical events.
Very readable!

A review:

http://americanfiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/new-york-the-novel-by-edward-rutherfurd---a-review

Memory and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Together more than 49 years.
"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." (Joseph Campbell)

Posts: 3220 | Registered: Aug 2009 | From: Where a river runs through it

Skye
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Posted: 11:06 AM, July 29th (Thursday), 2010

Thanks for recommending this book. I've been eyeing at the library and it is sooooo fat, I didn't know whether I'd be able to get through it. I lvoe NY and have enjoyed other historical novels from there.

"Time and Again" by Jack Finney is a great NY read.

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♀ 25238
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Posted: 5:50 PM, July 29th (Thursday), 2010

Hi Skye,
Yes, the book is quite thick, but don't let that deter you!
The novel is divided into historical chapters and they are an easy read. You can leave the book for a few hours, even a couple of days, and be able to pick up where you left off. The chapters leap through generations of the families which are introduced in the first couple of chapters.

HAPPY READING!

Posts: 3220 | Registered: Aug 2009 | From: Where a river runs through it

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