A doctor’s granddaughter explores the secrets of her grandfather’s life, why a copy of ’The Jungle Book’ was always in his jacket pocket and the meaning of his lifelong passion for tigers. Two stories, the granddaughter’s set in a time after the recent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and her grandfather’s early in the 20th century, are woven seamlessly. Her characters and characterizations are richly drawn. It’s a book steeped in its time and place, lyrically written. An amazing first book.

posted May 3, 2011 at 5:49PM

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