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Synopsis
When cautious Emma Roberts leaves her lonely mother's home in London to venture to Paris, she finds a reliable diversion from her studies of seventeenth-century garden design in a captivating new friend, Franoise Desnoyers. Soon, free-spirited Franoise welcomes Emma as a guest in her family's beautiful mansion. However Emma is not too dazzled to ignore the tensions that exist between Franoise and her formidable mother, or between Mme. Desnoyers and her other guests. When a horrifying episode puts an end to Emma's fascination, she begins to understand the compromises and challenges in love and life that she must come to accept.
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" A small gem of clarity and intensity. Her latest, "Leaving Home," promises--and delivers--the savory experience devotees of Brookner have come to crave." -- "The Baltimore Sun"
" Yet another delicious reading experience. Her elegant prose and psychological acuity are fully on display. . . . As a narrator Emma is both clear-eyed and honest--often achingly so."
-- "The Christian Science Monitor"
" Beautiful, piercingly elegant." -- "New York Times Book Review"
" It's hard to pinpoint how Brookner's world differs from the one we know, since the minute we begin reading her fiction, we lose our awareness of the boundaries that separate us from the people whose often circumscribed lives she is so deftly describing. . . . Admirable and refreshing." -- "Bookforum"
"A small gem of clarity and intensity. Her latest, "Leaving Home," promises--and delivers--the savory experience devotees of Brookner have come to crave." "The Baltimore Sun""Yet another delicious reading experience. Her elegant prose and psychological acuity are fully on display. . . . As a narrator Emma is both clear-eyed and honest--often achingly so." "The Christian Science Monitor""Beautiful, piercingly elegant." "New York Times Book Review" It s hard to pinpoint how Brookner s world differs from the one we know, since the minute we begin reading her fiction, we lose our awareness of the boundaries that separate us from the people whose often circumscribed lives she is so deftly describing. . . . Admirable and refreshing. "Bookforum""
From the Back Cover
`Enthralling ... so beautifully observed ... as captivating as any thriller' Marie Claire
`Spare and devastating, powerful. Brookner is an unflinching novelist who writes beautifully and fearlessly' Independent
`Elegiac ... its magnificent final sentence is among the most moving of Brooknerian conclusions' New Statesman
`Clever and elegant' Sunday Times
`Brookner is brilliant ... readers will not be disappointed. Her women are very real, more recognizable and more human than any obviously loveable character could hope to be' Sunday Herald
`So well done - so carefully is the novel wrought - that reading it offers deep and enduring pleasure' Scotsman
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AudioCD. Condition: Good. 5 AUDIO CDs in the clamshell case withdrawn from the library collection. Library markings and stickers to the CDs. Some shelf wear to the box. Each audio cd is in an individual slot, protected and clear sounding and polished. Enjoy this audio performance! Seller Inventory # NewHC1018090203
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AudioCD. Condition: Good. 5 AUDIO CDs , polished for your satisfaction for a worthwhile set, withdrawn from the library in the clamshell case. Library sticker and marking to the case and the CDs. Some shelf wear and edge wear to the box. The AUDIO CDs are in individual slots, protected and clear sounding. Enjoy this AUDIO CD performance! Seller Inventory # UCDLib050611152