The House on Fortune Street
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00A2AWOBQ
Publish date: December 6th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 311
Edition language: English
I read this in 2 days. I had read the first couple sentences of the book flap before I checked it out at the library. Then when I started reading, I was confused because the main character was a man whereas it was supposed to be mainly about the relationship between two women. It turns out the story...
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Livesey is exploring the disconnect the exists between our unstated private desires and feelings and the desires/feelings we choose to present to the world and the harm it does. Using four different characters (each one connected to a British author - Keats, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Bronte/Virginia...
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