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Leaving Home by Anita Brookner 2006 Hardcover Novel

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Genre: Fiction Book Title: Leaving Home Publication Year: 2006 Topic: Contemporary Women, Family Life, General Item Width: 6.5 in Intended Audience: Trade ISBN-10: 1400064147 Item Height: 0.8 in Language: English Synopsis: In this brilliant new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of "Hotel du Lac" and "Making Things Better," a young woman leaves her family and London to study in France--and, through friendships and love, is able to do the work of leaving home., In her exquisite new novel, acclaimed author Anita Brookner deals with one of the great dramas of our lives: growing up and leaving home. At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture out into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her reclusive, widowed mother but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Emma yearns to make friends, attend parties, and have love affairs like other women, but to her these things seem forever out of reach- that is, until her college tutors find her a scholarship to study seventeenth-century garden design in Paris. Once settled in a small Paris hotel, Emma befriends Franc oise Desnoyers, a vibrant young woman who is as confident as Emma is tentative, as provocative as Emma is reserved, and as worldly as Emma is nai ve. On a weekend visit to Franc oise' s beautiful country cha teau, L' Ermitage, Emma is drawn into Franc oise' s problematic relationship with her imperious mother, who demands that Franc oise marry a rich family friend to secure their future. For Emma, the glimpse into Franc oise' s turbulent life affords her a newfound and welcome respect for her own. But as she begins to date and to feel at home in her new city, Emma must make a decision: settle for a life of comfortable relationships and familiar routines, or hold out for " that evanescent hope of a good outcome which never deserts one, and which should never be abandoned.", In this brilliant new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Hotel du Lac and Making Things Better, a young woman leaves her family and London to study in France--and, through friendships and love, is able to do the work of leaving home. LC Classification Number: PR6052.R5816L43 2006 Dewey Decimal: 822/.914 Reviews: "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 Trade Paperback edition., "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 Trade Paperback edition." Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Author: Anita Brookner Item Weight: 15 oz brand: Random House Publishing Group gtin13: 9781400064144 Dewey Edition: 22 Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 224 Pages ISBN-13: 9781400064144 Item Length: 9.4 in LCCN: 2005-048957

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  1. This beautifully written novel by Anita Brookner captures the quiet complexities of life with elegance and depth. The hardcover edition feels sturdy and well-made, perfect for revisiting its poignant story again and again. A must-read for fans of introspective literary fiction.

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