Overview

"From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland ""Bewitching and seductive."" -Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You . ""A treasure- a writer who understands the magic and mysteries of the human soul."" -Chris Bohjalian, author of Hour of the Witch . ""This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake."" -Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland ""Bewitching and seductive."" -Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You . ""A treasure- a writer who understands the magic and mysteries of the human soul."" -Chris Bohjalian, author of Hour of the Witch . ""This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake."" -Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. But her gift is selective-she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family. As her ""pictures"" foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful truth- she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it. Nor can Lizzie change the feelings that come when a young man named Louis, visiting Belhaven for the harvest, begins to court her. Why have the adults around her not revealed that the touch of a hand can change everything? After following Louis to Glasgow, though, she learns the limits of his devotion. Faced with a seemingly impossible choice, she makes a terrible mistake. But her second sight may allow her a second chance. Luminous and transporting, The Road from Belhaven once again displays ""the marvelous control of a writer who conjures equally well the tangible, sensory world . . . and the mysteries, stranger and wilder, that flicker at the border of that world."" -The Boston Globe"

Full Product Details

9780593537046

Table of Contents

Reviews

“Margot Livesey is a great, gifted storyteller, with a moral compass of pure gold and the necessary clear eyes to understand and love us all, with our mistakes and misunderstandings and damages. She holds the world of Belhaven Farm up to her bright, sharp vision and the light and the shadows dance for generations.”—Amy Bloom, New York Times best-selling author of In Love “This novel casts a spell. The writing here reminds me of Claire Keegan's Foster and Alice Munro at her unsentimental best.  Rich with tangible detail, The Road from Belhaven is magical as well, not least in the way it stops time for the reader.  I inhaled it in one day.”—Allegra Goodman, New York Times best-selling author of Sam “Margot Livesey is a treasure: a writer who understands the magic and mysteries of the human soul, and brings that wisdom to novels that are both riveting and lush. The Road from Belhaven is a smart, profound, and beautiful book that draws you in and holds you tight.”—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times best-selling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch

“Margot Livesey is a great, gifted storyteller, with a moral compass of pure gold and the necessary clear eyes to understand and love us all, with our mistakes and misunderstandings and damages. She holds the world of Belhaven Farm up to her bright, sharp vision and the light and the shadows dance for generations.”—Amy Bloom, New York Times best-selling author of In Love “This novel casts a spell. The writing here reminds me of Claire Keegan's Foster and Alice Munro at her unsentimental best.  Rich with tangible detail, The Road from Belhaven is magical as well, not least in the way it stops time for the reader.  I inhaled it in one day.”—Allegra Goodman, New York Times best-selling author of Sam

“Margot Livesey is a great, gifted storyteller, with a moral compass of pure gold and the necessary clear eyes to understand and love us all, with our mistakes and misunderstandings and damages. She holds the world of Belhaven Farm up to her bright, sharp vision and the light and the shadows dance for generations.”—Amy Bloom, Author of In Love

Author Information

MARGOT LIVESEY was born and grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of a collection of stories and nine other novels, including Eva Moves the Furniture, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, and The Boy in the Field. She has received awards from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available