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Eva Moves the Furnitureby Margot Livesey
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:On the morning of Eva McEwen's birth, six magpies congregate in the apple tree outside the window--a bad omen, according to Scottish legend. That night, Eva's mother dies, leaving her to be raised by her aunt and heartsick father in their small Scottish town. As a child, Eva is often visited by two companions--a woman and a girl--invisible to everyone else save her. As she grows, their intentions become increasingly unclear: Do they wish to protect or harm her? A magical novel about loneliness, love, and the profound connection between mother and daughter, Eva Moves the Furniture fuses the simplicity of a fairy tale with the complexity of adult passions. Review:"[T]he immensely talented Livesey continues to juxtapose strange events with mundane daily activities....The wonder is that she can draw readers into her world so gently that the barriers between reality and the fantastic quickly fall....Her restraint and delicacy, and the reader's identification with the appealing Eva, result in a haunting drama." Publishers Weekly Review:"Eva still lives in a world where a midwife can look out the window, count six magpies in a tree and recognize this as an omen of death, a world that still retains some of the purity of a ballad. It's also a world that has utterly vanished; the brief access to it that Livesey offers us is comforting, if ever so slightly bittersweet. That makes Eva Moves the Furniture a bit like a ghost itself, certainly a companion and without question very welcome indeed." Laura Miller, Salon (read the entire Salon review) Review:"A haunting and haunted fourth novel from Livesey....This isn't a ghost story, but rather a searching examination of how we deal with our ghosts. Livesey's scrupulous prose, lyrical yet classically exact, is the perfect vehicle to convey her multilayered insights. Pitiless, deeply moving, and terrifying: another flawless work from an uncompromising artist." Kirkus Reviews Review:"In a departure from her psychological tales full of menacing undercurrents, Livesey's latest outing is a deceptively simple coming-of-age story set in small-town Scotland between the wars....While it may take some Livesey fans by surprise, this lovely, bittersweet novel should find a warm place in their hearts." Library Journal Review:"Eva's undaunted tolerance of these apparitions and their activities is tinged with a subtle humor, but with the added melancholic flavor of a lonely girl who cannot be fearful of entities whose realm is also home to her departed mother. An enjoyable read that explores the esoteric essence of life, death, and undying love." Elsa Gaztambide, Booklist Review:"Livesey writes with such restraint that the shock lies in events themselves, not her language. She uses metaphors beautiful in their precision....Simultaneously chilling and compassionate." The Washington Post Book World Review:"This is a novel that enters the reader's life in much the same way that the companions come to Eva. It looks harmless enough, like a child's fantasy, inhabiting a fairy tale in which powerful, other-worldly forces are at work, but reader beware. If you give Eva McEwen just a little space in your own imagination, she will start moving the furniture." The New York Times Book Review Review:"Perfectly structured....In prose direct and precise she limns Eva's story with steady authority." The Atlantic Monthly Review:"Livesey is a writer of tremendous grace and precision....[Her] wonderful new novel will haunt you in a sweet way, and leave you with a spark of hope for us all." Chicago Tribune Review:"What is extraordinary about this novel is the fretwork of feeling among its unorthodox cast of characters....Livesey has written a ghost story, of sorts...and, if it moves you, the end will send you back to the beginning." The New Yorker Review:"Stunning....She limns her tale with beautiful evocations of the loneliness of childhood, the shimmery quality of ghostly spirits and the fear and excitement of wartime." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Review:"In this fetching, ultimately moving novel, magic and danger are so inextricably bound that the palpable world seems slightly less trustworthy than the one you cannot see." The Boston Globe Review:"Margot Livesey is a writer at the pinnacle of her craft. Eva Moves the Furniture is such a complete, sturdy yet graceful novel that it is difficult for a critic to wedge herself in between the writer and the reader." Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"A quirky and enchanting novel about the thin curtain that separates our world from the next." Alice Hoffman Review:"Not since Marilynne Robinson?s Housekeeping has there been such a beautiful novel about the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter. Radiant, perfectly poised, Eva Moves the Furniture casts a powerful spell." Andrea Barrett About the AuthorMargot Livesey is the award-winning author of a story collection, Learning by Heart, and the novels Homework, Criminals, and The Missing World. Born in Scotland, she currently lives in the Boston area, where she is writer-in-residence at Emerson College. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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