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The Carriage House: A Novel
Author:
Hall, Louisa
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Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PS3608
Print Run: 50000
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ISBN-13: 9781451688634
LCCN: 2012020879
Imprint: Scribner
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Pub Date: 03/05/2013
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $26.00
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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281 p. ; 23 cm.
H 8.37",
W 5.5",
D 1.1",
0.83 lbs.
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Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
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TIPS Subjects:
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Domestic Fiction
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FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Family Life / General
FICTION / Sports
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LC Subjects:
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Children of the rich, Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families, Fiction
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Domestic fiction
Families, Fiction
Rich, Fiction
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 12/01/2012 |
| Three sisters fight to return to their father's good graces after declining as tennis players and coping with their mother's dementia. They set out to save the only other thing in which their father takes comfort: the carriage house that a zoning error says belongs to a neighbor. The house was built by the sisters' great-grandfather and is all their father believes he has left. Debut Novel, 288pp., 50K, Auth res: Austin, TX, Tour |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 02/01/2013 |
| For 30 years, William Adair's daughters were the light of his life: breathtakingly beautiful Isabelle, promising actress Elizabeth, and tennis ace Diana, who, in his eyes, seemed to shine brightest of all. In the wake of a stroke, William makes the sobering realization that his girls aren't the perfect children he'd always thought them to be. Isabelle has a drinking problem, Elizabeth is getting a divorce, and Diana has lost both her tennis swing and the swing in her step. To make matters worse, William's wife, Margaux, is suffering from dementia. When some unfortunate zoning laws cause William to lose possession of a lovely carriage house built by his grandfather, an inebriated Isabelle sets fire to the place. The act lights a spark in aspiring architect Diana, who goes on a mission to rebuild it. Meanwhile, as Margaux begins to fade, William's longtime friend Adelia reenters his life, prompting his daughters to wonder about her motivations. In this engaging debut, Hall renders an intriguing cast of characters striving to find hope in the midst of despair. Block, Allison. 288p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 01/01/2013 |
| The first novel from Philadephia-born author Hall. William Adair is the central hub around which a cast of insightfully depicted female characters revolve: Margaux, his wife, waltzing into a world of forgetfulness with early onset dementia; Louise, an aspiring writer from Australia hired on as Margaux's caretaker; Adelia, William's childhood friend and woulda-shoulda-coulda-been sweetheart, who comes to live with the family to help care for William after he suffers a stroke; and William's three daughters. Trying to rescue the historic carriage house built by William's grandfather, but now owned by a neighbor due to a zoning error and scheduled for demolition, is the cause that unites the women of William's life. Elizabeth, the oldest daughter, once an actress on the way to success in Los Angeles, is back home with her two daughters after a heartbreaking divorce. Diana, once a tennis champion and president of her school, has returned home instead of defending her architecture thesis at university. Isabelle, the youngest and still a teenager, rebels against everything and everyone. The carriage house is not only the common cause that brings the women together, it is also the symbol of lost and rediscovered loves, dreams and aspirations as it first burns to the ground and then is rebuilt according to Diana's design and under her supervision. An emotional journey that's ultimately filled with joy. 288pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| Library Journal | 02/01/2013 |
| William Adair grew up on Little Lane, proud of his club tennis championships, his pretty daughters, and a historic carriage house built by his grandfather. After suffering a stroke, he realizes that all is not as he had envisioned for himself and his family. His eldest daughter, Diana, was a promising tennis star when an injury sidelined her career. Now she's struggling to forge an identity beyond "athlete." Elizabeth, who moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, is now a divorced mother returned home to lick her wounds. The youngest, Izzy, is equally lost-- having spent most of her life with only a shadow for a mother, a woman who still lives at home despite her early-onset dementia. With the carriage house destined for the wrecking ball, the various Adair women respond, slowly regaining their senses of self. This is a melancholy portrait of a family in quiet crisis. Hall provides keen insight and just enough hope to end on a positive note. VERDICT Hall's debut is a thoughtful, character-driven novel that may appeal to readers who enjoy Lorrie Moore. [See Prepub Alert, 9/27/12.]. Christine Perkins, Bellingham P.L., WA. 288p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 10/01/2012 |
| Patriarch of an old-line family, William Adair cherishes the carriage house built by his grandfather on the family estate and the belief that his three daughters are exceptional. Alas, a zoning error places the carriage house on a neighbor's property, where it slowly decays, and William awakens after a stroke to the realization that his daughters aren't so special. Time for those young ladies to prove themselves by taking on the challenge of saving the carriage house. From poet and formerly ranked squash player Hall; this book could not differ more in mood and place from Bill's Donnybrook, previewed above. 288p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2012. |
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| New York Times Book Review | 05/19/2013 |
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