IPhoto will not open iPhoto Library

Hi Guys
I recently rebuilt my Mac - I wiped it completely clean and then installed a newly purchased copy of Snow Leopard.  Before I did that I saved my iPhoto Library to my wife's MacBook Air.  Not sure if this matters, but after I loaded Snow Leopard onto my Mac, and realized it didn't have iPhoto, I installed iPhoto from my Leopard CD. 
My problem is that iPhoto 8.1.2 (424) will not open my iPhoto Library.  The error message I get reads: You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto.  You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto.  Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto. 
Any suggestions?  The version of iPhoto on my wife's machine is 9.1.1 (527), and my photo library was definitely opened while it resided on her machine.
Thank you
Stuart

The only solutions are:
Restore from back up or
Upgrade your iPhoto.
When that Library was opened on your wife's machine there was a warning, saying that you would no longer be able to open this Library with an earlier version of the app.
Regards
TD

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