Summary
Mercury is as luminous, unforgettable, and perfectly rendered as only Margot Livesey can accomplish. - Dennis Lehane
An optometrist in suburban Boston, Donald is sure that he and his wife, Viv, are both devoted to their two children and each other. Then Mercury - a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past - arrives at Viv’s stables, and as she begins to ride him, dreams she had harboured and relinquished for the sake of her family are rekindled; dreams that soon morph into consum…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473657861 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473657865 |
| Author: | Margot Livesey |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 173mm x 20mm |
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Consuming…. Explores themes of honesty and understanding by showing the impact that obsessions-grief, rapacity-can have on a marriage.
You’ll be glued to the page - People
Livesey knows her way around human desire and disappointment. Like the recent blockbusters Gone Girl and Fates and Furies, Mercury gives us a marriage from alternating perspectives. Unlike those books, there is no looming gimmick or twist. The parties involved agree on what has happened. The question is whether or not their love can survive it. - The New YorkerMargot Livesey is a searingly intelligent writer at the height of her powers. - Jennifer EganDelving into the subtler miscommunications of even the most intertwined lives… [Mercury] underlines the small efforts people make to carve out autonomy within a marriage. - New York Times Book ReviewA fiercely intelligent exploration of the ways blindness - to ourselves, others, and the power of passion and grief - can divide us and transform us. - Publishers WeeklyAbout The Author
Margot Livesey
Margot Livesey is a New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, and her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Vogue, and the Atlantic. She is the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation and her novel The House on Fortune Street won the 2009 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Born in Scotland, Livesey currently lives in the Boston area and is a professor of fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
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