Fortune's Rocks
A Novel- By Anita Shreve
Full Description
Everywhere hailed for its emotional intensity and unflagging narrative momentum, this magnificent novel transports us to the turn of the twentieth century, to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast, and to the social orbit of a spirited young woman who falls into a passionate, illicit affair with an older man, with cataclysmic results. ... more
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Critical Praise
"Enthralling."
—Baltimore Sun
"Fortune's Rocks kept me reading long into the night—and found me back at it right after breakfast.... Shreve renders an adolescent girl's plunge into disastrous passion with excruciating precision and acuteness."
—Boston Globe
"A beautifully written narrative, rich in detail and in a style that has the perfection of a snowflake and all the passion and intensity of first love."
—Seattle Times
"A deliciously intelligent page-turner.... A succulent novel of forbidden Victorian passion.... It has a morally complex heroine, a breakneck narrative, and an emotional story filled with unpredictable twists and turns."
—Hartford Courant
"Engagingly told.... The plot draws you into its increasing tension."
—New York Times
"Keeps you on the edge of your seat.... Fortune's Rocks is a splendid novel that you won't be able to put down."
—Providence Journal
- Category:
- FICTION, ROMANCE
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 1/2/2001
- Price:
- $14.99/$16.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316678100
- Pages:
- 480
- Size:
- 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
