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"Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896 - 1940)
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ZIN Product Number: 10085989
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 204 pages
Publisher: Knopf Alfred A
ISBN: 0375703675
Release Date: Jan 10, 2000
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 6 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
In simple terms, Dear Exile is a great read. The letters between New Yorker Hilary Liftin and Peace Corps volunteer Kate Montgomery transport you to worlds as different as an isolated Kenyan village and the New York real estate market. Both Kate and Hilary -- and reading their personal correspondence makes you feel like you can call them by their first names -- have a talent for telling good stories with wit, self-awareness, and an eye for detail that brings to life the room they are in and the people they are with.
But beyond being a collection of colorful, well-written stories, Dear Exile is a relationship. When Kate and Hilary wrote these letters, both women were just out of college and trying to find their way in the world. Kate went to Kenya. Hilary moved to New York City. Their stories are particular to the places they live, but their experiences are universal.
The letters below, taken from different parts of the book, show both the adventurous storytelling side of the book and the underlying bond between the authors that makes Dear Exile a personal story for any reader.
| | | | From The Publisher
A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time.
Close friends and former college roommates, Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery promised to write when Kate's Peace Corps assignment took her to Africa. Over the course of a single year, they exchanged an offbeat and moving series of letters from rural Kenya to New York City and back again.
Kate, an idealistic teacher, meets unexpected realities ranging from poisonous snakes and vengeful cows to more serious hazards: a lack of money for education; a student body in revolt. Hilary, braving the singles scene in Manhattan, confronts her own realities, from unworthy suitors to job anxiety and first apartment woes.
Their correspondence tells--with humor, warmth, and vivid personal detail--the story of two young women navigating their twenties in very different ways, and of the very special friendships we are sometimes lucky enough to find.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 6 Average Rating:
Are you a Kate or Hilary? 
-- A reviewer, a student in sociology, August 3, 2000
Also Recommended: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Are you a Kate or Hilary?
-- A reviewer, a student in sociology, August 3, 2000
Also Recommended: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Illustrates True Spirit of Womens Friendships
-- Patricia, a college student, a mom... etc., February 7, 2000
Illustrates True Spirit of Womens Friendships
-- Patricia, a college student, a mom... etc., February 7, 2000
a wonderful book that speaks volumes about many lives
-- Sharon, a college student from Illinois, June 17, 1999
a wonderful book that speaks volumes about many lives
-- Sharon, a college student from Illinois, June 17, 1999
| |  | | | The Word On The Street
I adored Dear Exile, and, in the way of all wonderful books, now miss it. These letters are witty, real, charming, smart, touching, and — amazingly — unselfconscious. Truly, Dear Exile was for me love at first word.
(Elinor Lipman, author of Isabel's Bed) —Elinor Lipman
I love Dear Exile, and I love the women in it. I opened it one afternoon, then just couldn't put it down. Here is a girlfriend relationship that I actually recognize. Their humor, love, and world view is to me, simply, perfection.
(Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt) —Whitney Otto
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