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VACLAV & LENA by Haley Tanner
Once upon a time, in the exotic land of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, a young boy named Vaclav – an aspiring magician – falls in love with a thin, skittish girl named Lena. And, like any alchemy, the combustion is magical…and it endures.
There is a refreshing fairy tale quality about VACLAV & LENA, a lovely debut book by Haley Tanner. Slowly but surely, I fell under the spellbinding tale of this would-be magician and his girl. It’s an endearing tale that unfolds with gentle fireworks rather than major pyrotechnics – rather like the magic seen in the starlit sky on a summer’s night in Coney Island.
July 4, 2011
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Judi Clark · 
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Tags: Brooklyn, Contemporary, love, Magic · Posted in: Contemporary, Debut Novel, Immigration / Diaspora, NE & New York, New York City
