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Pub Date: 2008-05-06 Pages: 448 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at St. Andrews University and. despite their differences. become fast friends Years later. they remain an unlikely pair Abigail. an actress who confidently uses her charms both on- and offstage. believes herself immune to love Dara. a counselor. is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood;.. she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. Yet now each seems to have found true love-another stroke of luck-Abigail with her academic boyfriend. Sean. and Dara with a tall. dark violinist named Edward. who literally falls at her feet. But soon after Dara moves into Abigails downstairs apartment. trouble threatens both relationships. and their friendship For Abigail it come...
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"Structurally daring and compulsively readable, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET illuminates the complexities of love in some of its most difficult guises, and of loss in all of its immensity. "--Geraldine Brooks, Author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and MARCH
"I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best."--Ann Patchett, Author of RUN and BEL CANTO
I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best. --Ann Patchett, Author of RUN and BEL CANTO"
Structurally daring and compulsively readable, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET illuminates the complexities of love in some of its most difficult guises, and of loss in all of its immensity. --Geraldine Brooks, Author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and MARCH"
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"I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best."--Ann Patchett, Author of RUN and BEL CANTO
I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best. --Ann Patchett, Author of RUN and BEL CANTO"
Structurally daring and compulsively readable, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET illuminates the complexities of love in some of its most difficult guises, and of loss in all of its immensity. --Geraldine Brooks, Author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and MARCH"
Margot Livesey is a writer in residence at Emerson College.
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- PublisherHarper Large Print
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0061470341
- ISBN 13 9780061470349
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- Number of pages448
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at St. Andrews University and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years later they remain an unlikely pair. Abigail, an actress who confidently uses her charms both on- and offstage, believes herself immune to love. Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. Yet now each seems to have found "true love"--another stroke of luck?--Abigail with her academic boyfriend, Sean, and Dara with a tall, dark violinist named Edward, who literally falls at her feet. But soon after Dara moves into Abigail's downstairs apartment, trouble threatens both relationships, and their friendship.For Abigail it comes in the form of an anonymous letter to Sean claiming that she's been unfaithful; for Dara, a reconciliation with her distant father, Cameron, who left the family when Dara was ten, reawakens complicated feelings. Through four ingeniously interlocking narratives--Sean's, Cameron's, Dara's, and Abigail's--we gradually understand how these characters' lives are shaped by both chance and determination. Whatever the source, there is no mistaking the tragedy that strikes the house on Fortune Street."Everyone," claims Abigail, "has a book or a writer who's the key to their life." As this statement reverberates through each of the narratives, Margot Livesey skillfully reveals how luck--good and bad--plays a vital role in our lives, and how the search for truth can prove a dangerous undertaking. Written with her characteristic elegance and wit, The House on Fortune Street offers a surprisingly provocative detective story of the heart. It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at St. Andrews University and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years later they remain an unlikely pair. Abigail, an actress who confidently uses her charms both on- and offstage, believes herself immune to love. Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. Yet now each seems to have found "true love"—another stroke of luck?—Abigail with her academic boyfriend, Sean, and Dara with a tall, dark violinist named Edward, who literally falls at her feet. But soon after Dara moves into Abigail's downstairs apartment, trouble threatens both relationships, and their friendship. For Abigail it comes in the form of an anonymous letter to Sean claiming that she's been unfaithful; for Dara, a reconciliation with her distant father, Cameron, who left the family when Dara was ten, reawakens complicated feelings. Through four ingeniously interlocking narratives—Sean's, Cameron's, Dara's, and Abigail's—we gradually understand how these characters' lives are shaped by both chance and determination. Whatever the source, there is no mistaking the tragedy that strikes the house on Fortune Street. "Everyone," claims Abigail, "has a book or a writer who's the key to their life." As this statement reverberates through each of the narratives, Margot Livesey skillfully reveals how luck—good and bad—plays a vital role in our lives, and how the search for truth can prove a dangerous undertaking. Written with her characteristic elegance and wit, "The House on Fortune Street" offers asurprisingly provocative detective story of the heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780061470349
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