{"product_id":"the-road-from-belhaven-paperback","title":"The Road from Belhaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargot Livesey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bewitching and seductive.\" --Rebecca Makkai, author of \u003ci\u003eI Have Some Questions for You \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A treasure: a writer who understands the magic and mysteries of the human soul.\" --Chris Bohjalian, author of\u003ci\u003e Hour of the Witch \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake.\" --Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. But her gift is selective--she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family. As her \"pictures\" foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful truth: she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNor can Lizzie change the feelings that come when a young man named Louis, visiting Belhaven for the harvest, begins to court her. Why have the adults around her not revealed that the touch of a hand can change everything? After following Louis to Glasgow, though, she learns the limits of his devotion. Faced with a seemingly impossible choice, she makes a terrible mistake. But her second sight may allow her a second chance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuminous and transporting, \u003ci\u003eThe Road from Belhaven\u003c\/i\u003e once again displays \"the marvelous control of a writer who conjures equally well the tangible, sensory world . . . and the mysteries, stranger and wilder, that flicker at the border of that world.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARGOT LIVESEY was born and grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of a collection of stories and nine other novels, including \u003ci\u003eEva Moves the Furniture, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Field. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has received awards from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378735902822,"sku":"9780593471241","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/4VvJJYJz9z9780593471241.webp?v=1768907804","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-road-from-belhaven-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}