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The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey (2008, Hardcover)

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Condition
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ISBN
9780061451522
Book Title
House on Fortune Street : a Novel
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2008
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Margot Livesey
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Coming of Age, Romance / General
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at St. Andrews University and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years later they remain an unlikely pair. Abigail, an actress who confidently uses her charms both on- and offstage, believes herself immune to love. Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. Yet now each seems to have found "true love"--another stroke of luck?--Abigail with her academic boyfriend, Sean, and Dara with a tall, dark violinist named Edward, who literally falls at her feet. But soon after Dara moves into Abigail's downstairs apartment, trouble threatens both relationships, and their friendship. For Abigail it comes in the form of an anonymous letter to Sean claiming that she's been unfaithful; for Dara, a reconciliation with her distant father, Cameron, who left the family when Dara was ten, reawakens complicated feelings. Through four ingeniously interlocking narratives--Sean's, Cameron's, Dara's, and Abigail's--we gradually understand how these characters' lives are shaped by both chance and determination. Whatever the source, there is no mistaking the tragedy that strikes the house on Fortune Street. "Everyone," claims Abigail, "has a book or a writer who's the key to their life." As this statement reverberates through each of the narratives, Margot Livesey skillfully reveals how luck--good and bad--plays a vital role in our lives, and how the search for truth can prove a dangerous undertaking. Written with her characteristic elegance and wit, The House on Fortune Street offers a surprisingly provocative detective story of the heart.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061451525
ISBN-13
9780061451522
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63443387

Product Key Features

Book Title
House on Fortune Street : a Novel
Author
Margot Livesey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Coming of Age, Romance / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pr9199.3.L563c47
Reviews
"I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best." -- Ann Patchett, Author of RUN and BEL CANTO "Structurally daring and compulsively readable, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET illuminates the complexities of love in some of its most difficult guises, and of loss in all of its immensity. " -- Geraldine Brooks, Author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and MARCH, Structurally daring and compulsively readable, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET illuminates the complexities of love in some of its most difficult guises, and of loss in all of its immensity., I loved this book. The House on Fortune Street pulled me in and kept me rapt from start to finish. Margot Livesey is writing at her very best.
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-029611
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22

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  • by raven6262
    20 Jul, 2008

    he House on Fortune Street

    This is an excellent book to read. The story revolves around three people who are intertwined, yet have different perspectives to what is going on around them. The box was hard to put down. I decided to buy this book after reading a favorable book review in a very popular magazine.

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