Summer of Canadian Reading 2019
National Bestseller
The most painful secrets create the deepest lies.
A young, enigmatic woman—Lily Azerov—arrives in postwar Montreal expecting to meet her betrothed, Sol Kramer. When Sol sees Lily at the train station, however, he turns her down. His brother, Nathan, sees Lily and instantly decides to marry her instead.
But Lily is not the person she claims to be, and her attempt to live a quiet existence as Nathan Kramer’s wife shatters when she disappears, leaving her baby daughter with only a diary, an uncut diamond and a need to discover the truth.
Who is Lily, and what happed to the young woman whose identity she stole? Why has she left and where did she go? Is it 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?
The most painful secrets create the deepest of lies
A young, enigmatic woman—Lily Azerov—arrives in postwar Montreal expecting to meet her betrothed, Sol Kramer. When Sol sees Lily at the train station, however, he turns her down. His brother, Nathan, sees Lily and instantly decides to marry her instead.
But Lily is not the person she claims to be, and her attempt to live a quiet existence as Nathan Kramer’s wife shatters when she disappears, leaving her baby daughter with only a diary, an uncut diamond and a need to discover 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? Is it 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?
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The Imposter Bride is a jewel of a book. . . . These are characters that will stay with you long after you read the last word...and show us that even out of the greatest tragedy, it is possible to shape hope and love.”