March 01, 2009

The past rises from its ashes  03/01/09 1:01 AM

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.“—English writer L.P. Hartley “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.“—American writer William Faulkner. Jordan Weiss, the protagonist of “Almost Home,“ Pam Jenoff’s captivating and touching third novel, learns to her sorrow that both writers had it right.

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