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The carriage house: a novel

✍ Scribed by Louisa Hall

Publisher: Scribner
Year: 2014
Tongue: ar-SA
Weight: 305 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1451688652

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✦ Synopsis

The "splendid" (The Boston Globe) debut novel by the author of Speak.
For more than thirty years, William Adair's faith in life was based on two indisputable principles: the exceptional good looks and athletic talents of his three daughters and the historical status of his family in their Philadelphia suburb. After suffering a stroke, William wakes up in his hospital bed to realize that his world has collapsed: his children are less extraordinary than he had remembered and his family's notable history has been forgotten.

William's daughters—all tennis champions in their youth—are in decline. Having lost their father's pride, the three sisters struggle to define themselves. Their mother, whose memory has started to fade, is unable to help them recall the talented girls they used to be.

For three generations, a carriage house has stood on the Adair property. Built by William's grandfather, it was William's childhood refuge and a sign of...

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