| The Old House on the Corner Contributor(s): Lee, Maureen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0752865757 ISBN-13: 9780752865751 Publisher: Orion OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: Victoria Macara is 27 and lives alone in the old house on the corner. When the land is sold, she finds herself surrounded by a small estate of new properties called Victoria Square. The newcomers who move in around her bring with them their own dramas. The mismatched Kathleen and Steve are lovers with broken marriages behind them; Rachel is attempting to escape from a terrible tragedy; upper-class Sarah arrives with her children after running away from an abusive husband; while Anna and Ernie are just after a quiet life. But it is to Gareth--trapped in a hopeless marriage--that Victoria is particularly drawn. When Rachel decides to hold a barbecue, the scene is set for confrontation, truth-telling, and the revelation of long-held secrets that will touch the lives of all these characters. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 4.5" W x 7.02" (0.59 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A moving contemporary novel set in Liverpool about the new residents of Victoria Square Victoria Macara lives in the old house on the corner. When the land is sold, she finds herself surrounded by new properties called Victoria Square. The newcomers include mismatched lovers, Kathleen and Steve; Rachel, who is attempting to forget a terrible tragedy; Sarah who is running away from an abusive husband, while Anna and Ernie are just after a quiet life. For Marie, Victoria Square is a refuge from the men who murdered her husband; for Judy, it means a fresh start after forty years of marriage to a man she'd thought she'd love for ever. But it is to Gareth - trapped in a hopeless marriage - that Victoria is particularly drawn . . . |