EVA Moves the Furniture - Softcover

Livesey, Margot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413772357 ISBN 13: 9780413772350

Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

At Eva McEwen's birth, six magpies congregate outside the window - a bad omen. That night her mother dies, leaving her with her aunt and heartsick father - and a woman and a girl no one else can see. As Eva grows older these mysterious figures have a profound and ambiguous effect on her life.

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Review

"Margot Livesey is a writer at the pinnacle of her craft. "Eva Moves the Furniture" is such a complete, sturdy yet graceful novel that it is difficult for a critic to wedge herself in between the writer and the reader." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Livesey is a writer of tremendous grace and precision.... [Her] wonderful new novel will haunt you in a sweet way, and leave you with a spark of hope for us all." --"Chicago Tribune"
"What is extraordinary about this novel is the fretwork of feeling among its unorthodox cast of characters.... Livesey has written a ghost story, of sorts...and, if it moves you, the end will send you back to the beginning." --"The New Yorker"
"Stunning...She limns her tale with beautiful evocations of the loneliness of childhood, the shimmery quality of ghostly spirits and the fear and excitement of wartime." --"San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"
"In this fetching, ultimately moving novel, magic and danger are so inextricably bound that the palpable world seems slightly less trustworthy than the one you cannot see." --"The Boston Globe"
"Livesey writes with such restraint that the shock lies in events themselves, not her language. She uses metaphors beautiful in their precision....Simultaneously chilling and compassionate." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"This is a novel that enters the reader's life in much the same way that the companions come to Eva. It looks harmless enough, like a child's fantasy, inhabiting a fairy tale in which powerful, other-worldly forces are at work, but reader beware. If you give Eva McEwen just a little space in your own imagination, she will start moving the furniture." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Perfectly structured...In prose direct and precise she limns Eva's story with steady authority." --"The Atlantic Monthly"

Margot Livesey is a writer at the pinnacle of her craft. "Eva Moves the Furniture" is such a complete, sturdy yet graceful novel that it is difficult for a critic to wedge herself in between the writer and the reader. "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

Livesey is a writer of tremendous grace and precision.... [Her] wonderful new novel will haunt you in a sweet way, and leave you with a spark of hope for us all. "Chicago Tribune"

What is extraordinary about this novel is the fretwork of feeling among its unorthodox cast of characters.... Livesey has written a ghost story, of sorts...and, if it moves you, the end will send you back to the beginning. "The New Yorker"

Stunning...She limns her tale with beautiful evocations of the loneliness of childhood, the shimmery quality of ghostly spirits and the fear and excitement of wartime. "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"

In this fetching, ultimately moving novel, magic and danger are so inextricably bound that the palpable world seems slightly less trustworthy than the one you cannot see. "The Boston Globe"

Livesey writes with such restraint that the shock lies in events themselves, not her language. She uses metaphors beautiful in their precision....Simultaneously chilling and compassionate. "The Washington Post Book World"

This is a novel that enters the reader's life in much the same way that the companions come to Eva. It looks harmless enough, like a child's fantasy, inhabiting a fairy tale in which powerful, other-worldly forces are at work, but reader beware. If you give Eva McEwen just a little space in your own imagination, she will start moving the furniture. "The New York Times Book Review"

Perfectly structured...In prose direct and precise she limns Eva's story with steady authority. "The Atlantic Monthly""

"Margot Livesey is a writer at the pinnacle of her craft. Eva Moves the Furniture is such a complete, sturdy yet graceful novel that it is difficult for a critic to wedge herself in between the writer and the reader." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Livesey is a writer of tremendous grace and precision.... [Her] wonderful new novel will haunt you in a sweet way, and leave you with a spark of hope for us all." --Chicago Tribune

"What is extraordinary about this novel is the fretwork of feeling among its unorthodox cast of characters.... Livesey has written a ghost story, of sorts...and, if it moves you, the end will send you back to the beginning." --The New Yorker

"Stunning...She limns her tale with beautiful evocations of the loneliness of childhood, the shimmery quality of ghostly spirits and the fear and excitement of wartime." --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"In this fetching, ultimately moving novel, magic and danger are so inextricably bound that the palpable world seems slightly less trustworthy than the one you cannot see." --The Boston Globe

"Livesey writes with such restraint that the shock lies in events themselves, not her language. She uses metaphors beautiful in their precision....Simultaneously chilling and compassionate." --The Washington Post Book World

"This is a novel that enters the reader's life in much the same way that the companions come to Eva. It looks harmless enough, like a child's fantasy, inhabiting a fairy tale in which powerful, other-worldly forces are at work, but reader beware. If you give Eva McEwen just a little space in your own imagination, she will start moving the furniture." --The New York Times Book Review

"Perfectly structured...In prose direct and precise she limns Eva's story with steady authority." --The Atlantic Monthly

About the Author

Margot Livesey is the award-winning author of a story collection, Learning by Heart, and the novels Homework, Criminals, and The Missing World. Born in Scotland, she currently lives in the Boston area, where she is writer-in-residence at Emerson College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0413772357
• ISBN 13: 9780413772350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232