false 6105964 1 Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she finds it impossible to stop. Haunted by an inability to remember her early childhood, she moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers along with way, possibly still followed by a private detective who has pursued her for years. Then her latest lover follows her from New York to Montreal, determined to learn her secrets and make sure she s safe. Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession. In this extraordinary debut, Emily St. John Mandel casts a powerful spell that captures the reader in a gritty, youthful world charged with an atmosphere of mystery, promise and foreboding where small revelations continuously change our understanding of the truth and lead to desperate consequences. Mandel s characters will resonate with you long after the final page is turned. 6283315 2 6 2009 Last Night in Montreal total:97|5:19|4:52|3:16|2:8|1:2| 97 369 282 47 4 1 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 00:35:38 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:44:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:48:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:52:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 01:58:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 02:00:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:00:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:00:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 08:17:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 05:28:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 22 10:37:59 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 10:47:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 06:20:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:03:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 06:21:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 04:04:39 -0700 2009 Last Night in Montreal reads like sketched notes in a private investigator's notebook. With chapters that alternate between the past and present and a variety of characters, readers will feel like they are investigating a child abduction case, while garnering a better underst...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 18:44:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 22:01:41 -0700 2009
I was fascinated by Lilia's childhood on the run, in seeing the effect on her as an adult, and puzzling the reasons behind what had happened to her.

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Wow. What a novel. I couldn't put this book down, and read the final 100 pages on a Sunday morning before I could do anything else. The book is a breeze and a joy to read, and the author's pace just urges the reader on and on. St. John Mandel is a great writer, and I'm looking f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:12:04 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:29:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6105964