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Uma Mulher Em Fuga (2011)

by Marion McGilvary(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Porto Editora

review 1: The book was a little confusing a first because the author kept switching between the present and the past while introducing characters. I had trouble keeping past and present separate for a while. It's one of those stories where the main character is hiding from events in her past and through events unfolding in the present her past is revealed. It got pretty suspenseful toward the end and I couldn't put it down.
review 2: Good one...I kept trying to make this book take place in an earlier era, in my mind, but it takes place fairly recently. This is one of those books that starts in the middle, only revealing bits of the past as you go along, but it is done superbly, always at the right time, just enough to keep the reader completely engrossed in the story. ... moreWe meet Edith Lutz, as she calls herself now, applying for a housekeeper job to a single father in New York City. It's clear she's living a lie, making up her story as she goes, hiding, trying not to be found. She soon becomes more than just a housekeeper to the man. She is runnign from her past, which is quite close behind her, threatening her new life....Not chick lit...this is a great novel.Favorite Quotes:"It's funny how the weather can change from sun to storm in the blink of an eye..." p 312"You know, I might not have a row of certificates from the University of Durban, but I was right about one thing. It doesn't go back into the box once you've let it out. Your past arranges itself in the here and now, like your possessions in a hotel room. When you arrive, it's bland and anonymous---white sheets, clear surfaces, a white bathroom with the soap in a little wrapper---and then suddenly there's a hair in the sink and the pointy end of the toilet paper is flushed away. You put your dressing gown behind the door, your nightdress under the pillow. That's what happens with the past---it draws up a chair in the present and sits down with its feet on the table. It finds a place and stays there, like the guest who won't leave." p 341 less

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