Fortune's Rocks
by Anita Shreve
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Fortune's Rocks Summary
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Everywhere hailed as the richest, most compelling work yet by the author of the #1 bestseller The Pilot's Wife, here is Anita Shreve's magnificent novel, Fortune's Rocks. We are transported to the turn of the last century, to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast. We are in the social orbit of a spirited young woman who falls into a passionate, illicit affair with an older man -- with cataclysmic results. |
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| In a summer community on the coast of New Hampshire at the turn of the last century, a girl is drawn into a passionate affair with a man nearly three times her age. Fortunes Rocks is the story of Olympia Biddeford privileged, well educated, and mature beyond her years and her affair with John Haskell, who not only is a physician, essayist, and champion of mill workers but also is married with three children. Drawn inexorably together on the night of the summer solstice, the pair set in motion a series of events with far-reaching consequences for all involved. A meditation on the erotic life of women, an exploration of deeply ingrained class prejudices, and most of all a portrayal of the thoughts and actions of an unforgettable young woman, Fortune's Rocks is the most powerful novel yet from Anita Shreve. Following close upon the success of the bestsellers The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife, it will further expand Anita Shreves fast-growing readership. Gripping.... You dont want to stop turning the pages. ÿ Washington Post Book WorldThoroughly absorbing.... from cover to rapidly reached cover. ÿ Newsday |
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