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3.5 

Title: Improvement
Authors: Silber, Joan
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 227
Year: 2019
Language: English
Description: All it takes is a single act of defiance ... pivoting on Reyna, a single mother in Harlem and her eccentric aunt Kiki, this is a story spanning a generation that links seemingly unconnected people in the US, Turkey and Germany.

Woven through this intricate tapestry of lives is a compassionate portrayal of human fallibility and the possibility of redemption for its many and varied narrators.

Categories: Fiction, Culture/Ethnic/Racial, Morals/Ethics, Relationships, USA, Germany, Turkey, 2022 Titles, Larger font

Reviews

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By: WELL 168 2023-07-20 14:06:26
3 
Not considered very enjoyable, but certainly engendered considerable discussion. A bit disjointed, we thought.

By: WELL 036 2022-05-06 13:40:46
4.5 
Everybody enjoyed this book - an amazing story. Very improbable until you 'google' it.

By: TIMAR 015 2022-04-29 12:55:09
2 
We found it too disjointed to read comfortably, but we had a lively discussion due to the behaviour of the characters.

By: ALEXA 004 2022-03-02 11:54:59
3.5 
We all enjoyed the way the stories interconnected. An easy start to the year.

 
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