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Book Review of The Magician's Assistant

The Magician's Assistant
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As if it wasn't bad enough to have spent 20 years of her life loving a gay man, Sabine finds out, after he dies, that his family is alive and well in Nebraska and not dead as she'd been led to believe. The story that follows is Sabine's search to learn about the man she loved - why did he lie, what was he hiding, who was Parsifal the Magician? At the same time, it is his family's quest to find out about their son and brother, Guy.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story though did not necessarily understand why Sabine spent so much time dreaming of and/or talking to Parsifal's deceased lover...I'd recommend it though as Ann Patchett's writing did not disappoint.