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Book Review of The Ghost of Hannah Mendes

The Ghost of Hannah Mendes
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Helpful Score: 2


A must-read although the narrative got a bit tiresome. I mean, women do NOT think of themselves in terms of having shapely legs...

The story is fascinating: two sisters must take a trip for their grandmother, and in doing so, they discover a part of their lives that they hadn't previously known about. And not just a part of their lives, but an entire culture that has been lost, a way of life.

While parts of the book are pat and predictable, the story comes alive like few others during the scenes set in Toledo.