THE GREEN LIBRARY.

Toronto: HarperCollins, 1996. 272 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). "All Eva ever wanted was to make herself invisible. And she succeeded: she was as stable, as unremarkable as her brown-brick Toronto house. Until the day Eva feels a strange man's eyes follow her every move and she knows she has been exposed. Until the day an unmarked envelope slips through her mail box. It contains only the fragment of a 1930s photograph, but it hints of secrets untold - and it explodes Eva's carefully constructed world. The woman in the photograph means nothing to Eva. It's the boy who takes her breath away: he is identical to her own eleven-year-old son, Ben. Driven by a need she scarcely understands herself, Eva turns her back on her safe life and begins a compelling journey that reaches deep into memory and the unknown history of her family. Stripping away her adult defences, she confronts the painful enigmas of her childhood: her beautiful mother, haunted by the love she has lost; her distant and helpless father; a Ukrainian immigrant family whose powerful connection with her life can no longer be ignored. Eva's quest to reclaim the past leads her away from Toronto to the foreign ground of Kiev, to a man she has never forgotten and to the discovery of passion's risks and intense joys. Sharpened by the beautiful precision that has made (the author) one of Canada's most acclaimed writers, (this) is a rich, complex tale of love, betrayal and the profound need to belong to a place and a people." Soft crease on top half of pages 189 to 204. Dust jacket has several creases down fore-edge of front flap, small area of sticker removal damage to laminate on front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-.