Margot Livesey





Margot Livesey

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Margot Livesey grew up in a boys' private school in the Scottish Highlands where her father taught, and her mother, Eva, was the school nurse. After taking a B.A. in English and philosophy at the University of York in England she spent most of her twenties working in shops and restaurants and learning to write. Her first book, a collection of stories called Learning By Heart, was published by Penguin Canada in 1986. Since then Margot has published six novels: Homework, Criminals, The Missing World, Eva Moves the Furniture, Banishing Verona and The House on Fortune Street. Her seventh novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, will be published by HarperCollins in January 2012.
Margot has taught at Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis Universi...more


Average rating: 3.59 · 10,906 ratings · 2,389 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
The Flight of Gemma Hardy
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 7,365 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions
The House on Fortune Street
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
Eva Moves the Furniture
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,199 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
Banishing Verona
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
The Missing World: A Novel
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
Criminals: A Novel
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions
Homework: A Novel
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
Learning by Heart: Short St...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986
Control Optimisation Economics
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004
The Mill on the Floss
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 16,750 ratings — published 1860 — 280 editions
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“As far as I'm concerned it's the other way round. We repeat what we remember. Only forgetfulness sets us free.”
Margot Livesey, The Missing World: A Novel

“Running, I soon realized, was the best way to stay ahead of fear.”
Margot Livesey, The Flight of Gemma Hardy

“so often my own emotions were hidden not only from other people but from myself. or perhaps it was the other way round: i was hiding from them. ”
Margot Livesey, The House on Fortune Street

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