People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks

Viking

January 2008, 384 pages, $25.95

by Diane Leach

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Brooks’ use of this damaged child is unrealistic, ultimately, and adds nothing to the text, unless you needed a reminder that war is bad for children and other living things.

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