{"id":15814,"date":"2012-04-25T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=15814"},"modified":"2012-04-24T12:20:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T17:20:58","slug":"last-night-in-montreal-by-emily-st-john-mandel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/last-night-in-montreal-by-emily-st-john-mandel\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=last%20night%20in%20montreal%20mandel&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\">Last Night in Montreal<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> the debut novel by Emily St. John Mandel, <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=last%20night%20in%20montreal%20mandel&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-15815\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Last-Night-in-Montreal.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Last-Night-in-Montreal.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Last-Night-in-Montreal.jpg?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Lilia Albert&#8217;s entire life has been a series of appearances and disappearances since she was abducted by her father when she was a young girl.\u00a0 By growing up this way, it is no surprise that she continues to weave in and out of other&#8217;s lives as an adult.\u00a0 During a short stay in New York City, she meets Eli and swifty moves in with him.\u00a0 Early one morning after telling Eli she is going for coffee, she fails to return and after looking everywhere for her resigns himself to the fact that she has disappeared.\u00a0 Some time later, he receives a postcard stating that she is now living in Montreal and he leaves on a quest to find her which leads him on a strange and unexpected journey.\u00a0 St. John Mandel threads the past and present together with an ethereal quality and tells the story of Lilia and those she has left behind throughout her life.\u00a0\u00a0I really loved Mandel&#8217;s writing and characters, but I have to admit the ending left me with more questions than answers.\u00a0 St. John Mandel has proven to be a gifted writer and I have just started her second novel, <em><strong>The Singer&#8217;s Gun<\/strong><\/em>, which I hope to blog about soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Last Night in Montreal, the debut novel by Emily St. John Mandel, Lilia Albert&#8217;s entire life has been a series of appearances and disappearances since she was abducted by her father when she was a young girl.\u00a0 By growing up this way, it is no surprise that she continues<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/last-night-in-montreal-by-emily-st-john-mandel\/\">[Read 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