Description
Set against the backdrop of a New Hampshire summer at the turn of the last century, this novel introduces Olympia Biddeford, a precocious young woman on the cusp of maturity. Her world is irrevocably altered by the arrival of a charismatic doctor, a friend of her father's, whose intellectual prowess and passionate ideals ignite in Olympia an overwhelming and forbidden desire. Their ensuing affair, a tempestuous union across a significant age and class divide, leads to cataclysmic consequences in an unforgiving era. This is a profound exploration of a young woman's journey through unwise love, societal prejudice, and her fierce determination to forge a new life from the ruins of her past.
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Little, Brown and Company
Published Nov 1, 2002
528 pages
ISBN: 9780316734837
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve.