The Imposter Bride: A Novel

Nancy Richler

Macmillan, Jan 29, 2013 - Fiction - 360 pages

The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler is an unforgettable novel about a mysterious mail-order bride in the wake of WWII, whose sudden decision ripples through time to deeply impact the daughter she never knew

In the wake of World War II, a young, enigmatic woman named Lily arrives in Montreal on her own, expecting to be married to a man she's never met. But, upon seeing her at the train station, Sol Kramer turns her down. Out of pity, his brother Nathan decides to marry her instead, and pity turns into a deep—and doomed—love. It is immediately clear that Lily is not who she claims to be. Her attempt to live out her life as Lily Azerov shatters when she disappears, leaving a new husband and a baby daughter with only a diary, a large uncut diamond – and a need to find 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? It's 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.

Contents

• CHAPTER 1: 1
• CHAPTER 2: 25
• CHAPTER 3: 37
• CHAPTER 4: 50
• CHAPTER 5: 64
• CHAPTER 6: 81
• CHAPTER 7: 101
• CHAPTER 8: 120
• CHAPTER 9: 139
• CHAPTER 10: 167
• CHAPTER 11: 199
• CHAPTER 12: 219
• CHAPTER 13: 239
• CHAPTER 14: 260
• CHAPTER 15: 298
• CHAPTER 16: 315
• EPILOGUE: 347
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: 359

About the author

Nancy Richler’s short fiction has been published in various American and Canadian literary journals, including The Fiddlehead, Room of One’s Own, The New Quarterly, Prairie Fire, Another Chicago Magazine, Fireweed and The Journey Prize Anthology. Her first novel, Throwaway Angels, was published by Press Gang Publishers in 1996 and was short listed for the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. Her second novel, Your Mouth is Lovely, published in eleven countries, won the 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award for fiction and Italy’s 2004 Adei Wizo Award. Nancy lives in Montreal.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Imposter Bride: A Novel
• Author: Nancy Richler
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2013
• ISBN: 1250010063, 9781250010063
• Length: 360 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Jewish; Fiction / Women