The Road from Belhaven

The Road from Belhaven - Paperback

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The Road from Belhaven - Paperback

The Road from Belhaven - Paperback

by Margot Livesey
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by Margot Livesey (Author)

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, an unforgettable novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in nineteenth-century Scotland

"Bewitching and seductive." --Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You - "Magical." --Allegra Goodman, author of Sam - "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 "is a marvel... a story as thrilling as it is thoughtful, one animated by life's fundamental question: How do we change?" (Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents)

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN
Publication Date: February 04, 2025
ISBN9780593471241
Author Margot Livesey
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Margot Livesey

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.

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