The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline PrestonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I had to go back and pinpoint the moment when everything in Frankie's scrapbook merged, and I could no longer tell if the author was creating the story from the scrapbook and assorted ephemera, or if the ephemera created the story. This is a truly wonderful book - it's magical in its beauty and ingenuity. It definitely needs to be read more than once so you can marvel over the ephemera, and at the fact that like Forrest Gump, or rather more like a recent Woody Allen film, Frankie encounters many famous personalities during her emancipated life in Paris, as well as her time in NYC. It is truly brilliant.
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1 comment:
Oooh - this sounds like a good one. I'm putting it on my list. Are you still reading books in paper... or have you switched to e-readers? I have not, but inquiring minds want to know...
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