The Idea of Perfection - Softcover

Grenville, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142002852 ISBN 13: 9780142002858

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2003

Synopsis

Harley Savage is a plain woman, a part-time museum curator and quilting expert with three failed marriages and a heart condition. Douglas Cheeseman is a shy, gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, one marriage gone sour, and a crippling lack of physical courage. They meet in the little Australian town of Karakarook, where Harley has arrived to help the town build a heritage museum and Douglas to demolish the quaint old Bent Bridge. From the beginning they are on a collision course until the unexpected sets them both free.

Elegantly and compassionately told, The Idea of Perfection is reminiscent of the work of Carol Shields and Annie Proulx and reveals Kate Grenville as "a writer of extraordinary talent" (The New York Times Book Review).

About this title

Review:

"An amusing and moving story of unlikely love." (Atlantic Monthly)

"Fluid and funny . . . an incandescent novel." (Boston Globe)

"A sweet read." (Entertainment Weekly)

Book Description:

By the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, this is a witty and tender romance that demonstrates that sometimes, unexpectedly, there can be something better than perfection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0142002852
• ISBN 13: 9780142002858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416