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I love, love, love this type of book - the one that weaves in several different separate stories together, bound by one theme. In this case - the novel is built around the famous tight-rope walk of Philippe Petit between the World Trade Center Towers while they were finishing construction in 1974. Given all the cultural significance that the WTC has for us post-9/11, a view into this part of their history is refreshing, if not all the more bittersweet. Philippe Petit is largely anonymous thougho
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I liked this. I liked the interwoven stories; it seemed very carefully done. I saw a documentary about the man who walked the wire between the towers, and the sections about him were the most vivid. I also liked the storyline about the mother/daughter streetwalkers; they were very much alive as well.
Feb 06, 2015
Daniel Savickas
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2015
Amy Moon
is currently reading it
Jan 24, 2017
Bekah Porter-Sandy
marked it as to-read
