Leaving home. [large print] Anita Brookner.
At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture out into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her reclusive, widowed mother but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Emma yearns to make friends, attend parties, and have love affairs like other women, but to her these things seem forever out of reach-that is, until her college tutors find her a scholarship to study seventeenth-century garden design in Paris.
Record details
- ISBN: 0786285575
- ISBN: 9780786285570
- Physical Description: 263 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2006.
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- General Note:
- "Thorndike Press large print basic."
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- 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | LP F BRO (Text) | 34621704426512 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture out into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her reclusive, widowed mother but also shedding her inherited tendency toward melancholy. Emma yearns to make friends, attend parties, and have love affairs like other women, but to her these things seem forever out of reach-that is, until her college tutors find her a scholarship to study seventeenth-century garden design in Paris.
