Be My Wolff, Emma Richler
Be My Wolff, Emma Richler
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Be My Wolff
A Novel

Author: Emma Richler

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Unabridged: 19 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2017

Categories: Fiction, Gothic

Synopsis

Zachariah and Rachel Wolff are brother and sister. Well, not exactly. They are star-crossed lovers. Well, not exactly. Rachel is the cherished daughter born to a Russian family living in London, and Zachariah is her parents' adopted son, who arrived from the orphanage with one jumper, a head of rambunctious curls, and a dexterous set of fists, or fives, as he likes to call them. As children, Rachel and Zach were as close as two people could be. But when they crossed this forbidden line, there was no going back. Now, as an adult, coping with Zach's estrangement from their formidable father, Rachel is determined to invent a family history for her beloved. And so the novel cartwheels through Zach's imagined ancestry—from a tavern-educated boxer in Dickensian times to a Hussar during the Napoleonic Wars. All the while, Zach and Rachel's troubles in the present are building to a new point of no return.

Filled with art and science, fairy tales and folk songs, tsars and foundlings, Be My Wolff is a novel of astonishing range and imagination: a love story, an exuberant adventure through time and place, and a tale of our most unbreakable bonds.

About Emma Richler

Emma Richler was born in London and grew up there and in Montreal. She attended university in France and trained as an actress in New York. Her previous books are Sister Crazy and Feed My Dear Dogs. She lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jody on June 08, 2017

It took me some time to read this book. Not because I didn't like it. Not because I was confused. Instead, I chose to reread passages multiple times. That's how striking the prose is. How imaginative. How poetic. How unsettling. Richler doesn't just create a world (as I expect of every good novel),......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on February 28, 2017

Okay...going to get shallow here first. I adored the covers to these books. There are two I believe...and the very two I fell in love with. Unfortunately when I received my copy, it was an ARC so I was not graced with any of the covers I loved. No worries. I am on a mission to eventually buy myself......more

Goodreads review by Julia on April 13, 2017

Wowzers! This book takes you on a great journey, and I love the non-linear narative...it is not linear, but it doesn't leave you feeling confused (best of both worlds). The main characters are a woman and her adopted brother, who are super close as children, and who end up crossing over the line fro......more

Goodreads review by Florence on April 08, 2017

When Rachel Wolff was eight, her family adopted Zachary, who was about her age. They loved each other and were very close. Rachel's mother loved Zachariah, but her father, Lev, hated that Lev was uninterested in science and wanted to box. As Rachel and Zach got older they realized they were in love a......more

Goodreads review by SPR on June 27, 2022

This novel is a mix of relationship, cultural and generational angst and non-linear allusions to Russian and English history via very detailed descriptions of historic to present-day boxing practices in London. If you like hinted-at plot and history, dizzying transitions between London in the presen......more

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