But Lily is no saint herself, and not who she portrays herself to be. In post-WWII Montreal, Canada, Lily Kramer, a young refugee, marries Nathan, the brother of the man with whom she had corresponded and who, after catching his first glimpse of his bride-to-be, refused to marry her. Richler’s third novel explores emotional devastation that lasts generations, delivering a powerful punch. Richler is back, and with an elegant, ambitious, accomplished new work.Ī hopeful testament to the power of family and memory, and the importance and meaning of one’s name. She lives with her partner Vicki Trerise, a lawyer and mediator, in Montreal. Her 2012 novel The Impostor Bride was a shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her 2003 novel Your Mouth Is Lovely won the 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2004 Adei Wizo Award.
The novel was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Richler published her first novel, Throwaway Angels, in 1996. Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1957, she spent much of her adult life and career in Vancouver, British Columbia before returning to Montreal in the early 2010s. Wizo Award shortlist, Soctiabank Giller Prize Awards-Canadian Jewish Book Award Adel.
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. 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 It is immediately clear that Lily is not who she claims to be. Out of pity, his brother Nathan decides to marry her instead, and pity turns into a deep-and doomed-love. But, upon seeing her at the train station, Sol Kramer turns her down. 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. 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
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