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Complicated at first, then captivating. Great characters. Humorous and sucks you in. Immediately wanted to reread it.
Leopold Gursky is an old man who is afraid of dying without anyone knowing it. He is a writer who has a son who is a famous writer, but his son Isaac doesn't know Leo is his father. Alma Singer is a 15 year old girl whose father died when she was young. Alma's mother is now translating The Book of Love for a mysterious client. The book is told from alternating points of views and eventually the two main characters lives intersect.
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