A Time to Choose

Janine Boissard. Fawcett Books, $2.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-449-70160-7

Pauline Moreau, now 19, narrates the third novel about her family as each of her four sisters makes decisions that will change all their lives. PW said, ""With understated knowingness about families and a credibility that pleases, Boissard, well-served by her translator, creates the bittersweet ambience of the ties that bind a French family.'' (15-up)

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