Leeway Cottage - Hardcover

Gutcheon, Beth Richardson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060539054 ISBN 13: 9780060539054

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2005

Synopsis

In a tale that spans a long-term twentieth-century marriage, wealthy Sydney Brant marries Danish pianist Laurus Moss on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Denmark and finds their marriage challenged by disparate views of the world, Laurus's decision to join the Danish Resistance, and Sydney's struggles to raise their child alone. By the author of More Than You Know. 75,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Absorbing.Daring.Gutcheon has strong narrative skills." -- New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice

"Compelling.Ambitious.Gutcheon's insights are.keen, her sympathy for all her characters.contagious." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Pure storytelling.[Gutcheon's] characters and settings are alive, sparkling with deft touches of period detail.riveting.vibrant." -- New York Newsday

"Stirring.The World War II saga anchors the novel, giving it resonance beyond the family dramas Gutcheon tells so well." -- Los Angeles Times

"A great drama, cinematically told.[Gutcheon] writes elegantly about the complex bonds of family." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"[E]nthralling . . . triumphant and true." -- Boston Globe

"Gutcheon's tale is more than just a story of a marriage; it's a metaphor for an era."--Booklist

"Compelling...Ambitious...Gutcheon's insights are...keen, her sympathy for all her characters...contagious."--Kirkus Reviews

"A good old-fashioned, all-encompassing read, with tears and smiles guaranteed."--Library Journal

"Stirring...The World War II saga anchors the novel, giving it resonance beyond the family dramas Gutcheon tells so well."--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Beth Gutcheon is the critically acclaimed author of the novels, The New Girls, Still Missing, Domestic Pleasures, Saying Grace, Five Fortunes, More Than You Know, Leeway Cottage, and Good-bye and Amen. She is the writer of several film scripts, including the Academy-Award nominee The Children of Theatre Street. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060539054
• ISBN 13: 9780060539054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416