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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, her father - and a woman and a girl no one else can see. As she grows older these figures have a profound effect on her.
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"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.
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- PublisherMethuen Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0413772365
- ISBN 13 9780413772367
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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Condition: Very Good. In a departure from her psychological tales full of menacing undercurrents (Homework, The Missing World), Livesey's latest outing is a deceptively sim ple coming-of-age story set in small-town Scotland between the wars. Eva Mc Ewen, whose mother dies in childbirth, is lovingly raised by her father and aunt. What sets this ordinary tale slightly off kilter is the presence in Eva's life of two ghosts ("the companions," as she refers to them) a girl a nd a woman whom, she realizes very early on, only she can see. Although it is clear that the companions are there more for her protection than to caus e harm, they seem capable of manipulating events in her life. From Eva's bu colic childhood through young adulthood, working first as an office girl an d later as a wartime nurse, from a failed romance to a happy marriage and m otherhood, her angel/ghosts are never far away, helping to steer her. But, in the end, as they repeatedly warn her, they are unable to change the cour se of her history. While it may take some Livesey fans by surprise, this lo vely, bittersweet novel should find a warm place in their hearts. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000008181
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