Set 100 years ago in Boston, Fortune's Rocks is a classic of literary and romantic storytelling. Fourteen-year-old Olympic Biddeford is spending the summer with her parents at their seasonal house at Fortune's Rocks. Her father handles her education himself and is in fact a publisher of mildly liberal literature. One author he admires, who also practises as a physician, comes to visit the house. 40 years old, married with four children, he still embarks on an affair with the adolescent girl. They have a swift, passionate ...
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Set 100 years ago in Boston, Fortune's Rocks is a classic of literary and romantic storytelling. Fourteen-year-old Olympic Biddeford is spending the summer with her parents at their seasonal house at Fortune's Rocks. Her father handles her education himself and is in fact a publisher of mildly liberal literature. One author he admires, who also practises as a physician, comes to visit the house. 40 years old, married with four children, he still embarks on an affair with the adolescent girl. They have a swift, passionate summer, torn apart when they are discovered together during Olympic's fifteenth birthday party. She is taken back to Boston, her parents are mortified and remove themselves from society. When Olympic is delivered of a baby boy nine months later, he is taken from her and she finds herself in exile at a ladies college and then as a governess. She decides she must get her child back, which means returning to Fortune's Rocks...This sensuality of a girl's rite of passage, the descriptions of landscape, weather, music and light, are vintage Shreve and her seventh novel will thrill her many admirers.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Very Good. Stunning evocation of turn-of-the-century Boston and a modern classic of literary romantic fiction. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. 2001. Mass Market Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Set 100 years ago in Boston Fortune`s Rocks is a classic of literary and romantic storytelling. Fourteen-year-old Olympic Biddeford is spending the summer with her parents at their seasonal house at Fortune`s Rocks. Her father handles her education himself and is in fact a publisher of mildly liberal literature. One author he admires who also practises as a physician comes to visit the house. 40 years old married with four children he still embarks on an affair with the adolescent girl. They have a swift passionate summer torn apart when they are discovered together during Olympic`s fifteenth birthday party. She is taken back to Boston her parents are mortified and remove themselves from society. When Olympic is delivered of a baby boy nine months later he is taken from her and she finds herself in exile at a ladies college and then as a governess. She decides she must get her child back which means returning to Fortune`s Rocks...This sensuality of a girl`s rite of passage the descriptions of landscape weather music and light are vintage Shreve and her seventh novel will thrill her many admirers. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Springer Nature The date of this copy is 2001 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Fortune`s Rocks Quartet Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Very Good. Stunning evocation of turn-of-the-century Boston and a modern classic of literary romantic fiction. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320. Good, clean copy with minor reader wear to covers and page edges. 2001. Reprint. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Very good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
WARNING- SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET PAST THE IDEA OF A 15 YEAR OLD AND A FORTY YEAR OLD FALLING IN LOVE. BUT IF YOU CAN YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. THIS NOVEL JUST KEEPS DRAWING YOU INTO THE STORY AND LEADS YOU TO A VERY SATISFYING CONCLUSION. I JUST WISH THAT THE AUTHOR WOULD HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENT AGES FOR HER LOVERS. BUT THEN THE SUBJECT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS CONTROVERSIAL ESPECIALLY FOR THE TIMES.
