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Book Doctor: A Novel

by Esther Cohen · 2004

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Arlette Rosen earns her living helping strangers with their book ideas - she believes she knows a good book from a bad one, and believes that all writers should aim to be a Joyce or a Proust. But when Harbinger Singh enters her life needing help with his writing, both their lives are altered forever.

Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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