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Bret Lott is an important artist....A beautifully crafted novel.
"The New York Times"
Some wonderfully imagined moments....characters whose family mystery is Faulknerian, rife with hidden intensity.
"The Boston Globe"
A smooth, uncompromising novel about learning to live with both the defeat of old dreams and the obligation to fashion new ones.
"The Los Angeles Times Book Review"
As in "The Man Who Owned Vermont," his widely acclaimed first work of fiction, Bret Lott once again depicts a young couple who struggle with difficulties in their marriage...."A Stranger's House" lives, breathes -- and is indeed breathtakingly real.
"The Milwaukee Journal"
There is so much good in this book. The author is interested in real life: people who work for a living...and who fumble with some sense of the spirit-life that is brought alive in the murky world of love, marriage, and friendship....Bret Lott creates a character you can care about, one whose life deepens as the book moves forward....rewarding.
"The Milwaukee Journal" There is so much good in this book. The author is interested in real life: people who work for a living...and who fumble with some sense of the spirit-life that is brought alive in the murky world of love, marriage, and friendship....Bret Lott creates a character you can care about, one whose life deepens as the book moves forward....rewarding.
"The New York Times" Some wonderfully imagined moments....characters whose family mystery is Faulknerian, rife with hidden intensity.
"The Los Angeles Times Book Review" As in "The Man Who Owned Vermont, " his widely acclaimed first work of fiction, Bret Lott once again depicts a young couple who struggle with difficulties in their marriage...."A Stranger's House" lives, breathes -- and is indeed breathtakingly real.
"The Boston Globe" A smooth, uncompromising novel about learning to live with both the defeat of old dreams and the obligation to fashion new ones.
Pat Conroy Bret Lott is an important artist....A beautifully crafted novel.
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Book Description Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # U11J-00152
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Washington Square Press trade paperback printing January 1990. (ISBN 0-671-68328-4) Fine tight copy, unread, very faint spotting along top page edges, fine shiny wrapper, very faint indentations in a few places on front wrapper, lower outer page edges slightly flexed forward. Author of "The Man Who Owned Vermont." "Bret Lott is an important artist.A beautifully crafted novel." Pat Conroy. "Some wonderfully imagined moments.characters whose family mystery is Faulknerian, rife with hidden intensity." The New York Times. For a long time, Claire and Tom Templeton have wished in vain for a child. What they have instead is a house, a charming old Cape that is their consolation. In the gray chill of a Massachusetts autumn the Templetons and two local handymen, loners and eccentrics, work to rebuild the ramshackle home. As the house takes on a new life, Claire begins to understand its tangled history and to reconcile her own past and renew her hope for the future. "A smooth, uncompromising novel about learning to live with both defeat of old dreams and the obligation to fashion new ones." Boston Globe. "There is so much good in this book. The author is interested in real life: people who work for a living.and who fumble with some sense of the spirit-life that is brought alive in the murky world of love, marriage and friendship.Bret Lott creates a character you can care about, one whose life deepens as the book moves forward.rewarding." Milwaukee Journal. "As in 'The Man Who Owned Vernmont,' his widely acclaimed first novel of fiction, Bret Lott once again depicts a young couple who struggle with the difficulties in their marriage.'A Stranger's House' lives, breathes and is indeed breathtakingly real." Los Angeles Tiimes Book Review. Cover Art by Paul Henry. Novel. Seller Inventory # ttrair3L51
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