New Releases by Nancy Richler

Quante volte hai mentito per ritrovare te stessa? Una storia straordinaria che parla d'amore, verità e bugie.

Kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog arriveert een jonge joodse vluchtelinge met de identiteit van een andere vrouw in Canada; na de geboorte van haar dochtertje verdwijnt ze plotseling.

The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler is an unforgettable novel about a mysterious mail-order bride in the wake of WWII, whose sudden decision ripples through time to deeply impact the daughter she never knew In the wake of World War II, a young, enigmatic woman named Lily arrives in Montreal on her own, expecting to be married to a man she's never met. But, upon seeing her at the train station, Sol Kramer turns her down. Out of pity, his brother Nathan decides to marry her instead, and pity turns into a deep—and doomed—love. It is immediately clear that Lily is not who she claims to be. Her attempt to live out her life as Lily Azerov shatters when she disappears, leaving a new husband and a baby daughter with only a diary, a large uncut diamond – and a need to find the truth Who is Lily and what happened to the young woman whose identity she stole? Why has she left and where did she go? It's up to the daughter Lily abandoned to find the answers to these questions, as she searches for the mother she may never find or truly know.

"Your Mouth Is Lovely" follows the story of Miriam, a teenager sent into Siberian exile for murder. In a letter to her daughter--whom she was forced to give up at birth--Miriam presents a haunting flashback to a shtetl in Belarus, where everyone, except herself, knew the secrets of her parents' past and the mystery behind her young mother's suicide.

Sibérie, 1911. Myriam, emprisonnée depuis six ans, écrit à sa fille qu'elle n'a pas vue depuis sa naissance. Elle raconte le shtetl où ils vivaient, petit village imprégné de culture juive. Elle raconte son adolescence et la mort de sa meilleure amie dans un attentat suicide. Myriam s'engage alors aux côtés des révolutionnaires et en paiera le prix fort. Un premier roman.

A finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel, Throwaway Angels is a compelling whodunit, and a fast-paced novel about friendship and living with courage.