Twilight - Hardcover

Mosby, Katherine

3.44

164 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0066212715 ISBN 13: 9780066212715

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2005

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Breaking her engagement to an undesirable partner in the years preceding World War II, Lavinia Gibbs outrages her socially prominent parents and rebuilds her life in Europe, where she experiences a sexual and political awakening at the side of enigmatic Frenchman Gaston Lesseur. By the award-winning author of The Season of Lillian Dawes. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Tremendously ambitious...and impressive." -- The New Yorker

"Mosby has a true storyteller's voice." -- Boston Globe

"Mosby writes with fluid grace.her images are magical." -- People

."..finely wrought prose and unexpectedly moving portrait of a woman who loses her privileges and finds herself."--Kirkus Reviews

"Impeccably rendered...Elegant, perceptive prose...Eloquence is paired with incisive content."--The Economist

"Tremendously ambitious...and impressive."--The New Yorker

"Mosby has a true storyteller's voice."--Boston Globe

"Captivating...Lovely language and lively characters."--Salon.com

"A deceptively simple and tender novel...the story of a young American woman who (risks) everything for illicit love."--Seattle Times

"Intensely romantic. . . . Beautiful, full of rich, carefully chosen metaphors."--Washington Post Book World

About the Author:

Katherine Mosby teaches at NYU's Stern Business School.

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