The stories of the tenants and concierge of Echo Terrace, a New York condominium.
Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly Emily Mead
Though his narration sounds deceptively prim at first, Rivers gradually hypnotizes and charms, coaxing beauty from the tragic and surreal.
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Outstanding
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Kirkus Reviews
Superb entertainment: some of the characterizations are superficial, but what counts is the warmhearted celebration of New Yorkers and their restless curiosity.
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Outstanding
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Booklist Joanne Wilkinson
Rinaldi effortlessly intertwines the political and the personal. With lavish and loving detail, he invokes the human experience--weddings and wars, art and commerce, births and funerals. A beautiful, emotionally uplifting tribute to the human spirit. [15 April 2004, p. 1425]
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Karen Campbell
At its heart, "Between Two Rivers" is a fascinating dissection of disparate lives whose common threads are the building that forms the community in which they live and the man who is that building's human face.
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Favorable
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Library Journal Joanna M. Burkhardt
Rinaldi's characters are varied and appealing, and the mesh of events and personalities is beautifully crafted, giving the reader a wide range of absorbing scenarios to consider. Highly recommended.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
These are complex, moving stories without straightforward resolutions... and if they feel a bit overwritten sometimes, Rinaldi compensates for this with multifaceted and memorable characters.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Adam Mazmanian
Rinaldi... indulges his characters in their untidy lives, and readers who do the same will find their patience rewarded.
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Favorable
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Wall Street Journal Jeffrey Trachtenberg
In a city with eight million stories, this is one worth picking up.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Choire Sicha
Between Two Rivers reveals itself to be a very gentle -- and quite deserved -- polemic against the monstrousness of man.
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