I ordered The Rise & Fall of Great Powers from Amazon a few weeks ago as an add-on to an order to qualify for free shipping. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it's safe to say I am satisfied with my purchase. Tom Rachman places the reader in three time periods, that of the late 80s, late 90s and 2011 and he takes the readers across multiple continents in the past and present life of Tooly Zylberberg.
The reader first encounters Tooly at her used bookshop in the Welsh Countryside, where she spends her day reading in the corners of the shop and listening to her employee and friend share his unusual amount of knowledge and imagination. Not far in, the reader is drawn into Tooly's childhood and her past--a past that she herself does not understand fully. Dragged from one city and country to the next, Tooly recalls being passed from the care of four different people, but she is unsure why. When she goes back to the United States to see an ill friend, she begins to unravel her own life story.
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