Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book
This novel, inspired by the true story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, focuses on a young woman conservator tasked with studying and repairing the book before a major exhibition. She tries to puzzle out its past journeys as alternating chapters reveal the truth. At first that was slightly frustrating--I'd want to know what happened to Hanna, the conservator, and then get caught up in the story of Lola during WWII and want her story to continue. And so on. Anyway, I really enjoyed this (aside from an unnecessary romantic subplot), probably b/c I'm both a Jewish Studies nerd and a librarian type. (This book is dedicated to librarians and paints them in generally a heroic light--pretty sweet.) A/A-.
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