false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg 10305 12 "The thing about madness was, it just took so damn much energy, and it was so thoroughly tedious in the meantime." Master woodworker Rae Newborn knows madness intimately, with every bone, every pore, every particle of her being. At 52, with three suicide attempts, extended hospitalizations, the death of her husband and daughter, and a vicious attack behind her, Rae has come to Folly Island, far out in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, to rebuild her life by building a house: <blockquote>She would pull herself together, she would go and rebuild Desmond's house, she would lift his walls and dwell within them quietly all the rest of her days. Everything that House was lay there waiting for her to take it up: House as shelter, House as permanence, House as a continuation and a legacy, comfort and challenge, safety and beauty, symbol and reality joined as one.</blockquote> Bequeathed to Rae by Desmond Newborn, a great-uncle she never met, Folly Island is lovely indeed. But when Rae discovers Desmond's journal in the 70-year-old ruins of his house, she learns that Desmond had his own internal horrors to confront on the island. As she labors in solitude, her prickly nature deterring all but the most determined of her would-be neighbors, it's not just her well-being that's at stake. Rae must prove herself sane if she is to have any contact with her beloved granddaughter Petra. So when the "skin-crawling feeling of being watched" doesn't fade, she does her best to ignore it. But does paranoia have its roots in reality? And is Rae doomed to repeat her ancestor's tragic end?<p> So effectively does King weave together past and present--the shrouded history of Desmond's life and death on Folly, and the tense, dusty, exhilaratingly panicky account of Rae's wrestling with old demons and new timber--that the future seems less important than the author might have wished. In other words, the eventual unmasking of Rae's watcher pales in comparison to the gradual revelation of Rae herself within King's haunted and haunting narrative. But with such a strong character and such moodily lovely prose, readers shouldn't miss the denouement-driven trappings of standard suspense. <I>--Kelly Flynn</I> 2073886 2001 Folly total:543|5:184|4:207|3:112|2:30|1:10| 543 2154 718 69 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 3 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 14:15:54 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 14:16:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 2 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 22:23:40 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 22:30:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:01:41 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 23:17:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 1 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:48:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:13:57 -0800 2009 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 3 1 false Tue Feb 17 12:09:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:09:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1148796 0553111035 9780553111033 9 4 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181410369m/1148796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1148796.Folly 5 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 14:07:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 14:09:28 -0800 2009 King, Laurie R. – Standalone
Bantam, 2001, US Hardcover – ISBN: 0553111035

First Sentence: The gray-haired woman stood with her boots planted on the rocky promontory and watched what was left of her family pull awa...more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 2 1 false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 17:25:10 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:16:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 2 false Mon Sep 22 08:27:20 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:24:40 -0700 2008 I had a bit of trouble getting out to do chores outside and getting to bed at a decent hour until I finished listening.
Great re...more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 4 0 false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:29:08 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 18:45:50 -0700 2009
Laurie R. King is an impressive adult mystery author...with a style that's not married to duplication.

In this story, wealthy Rae ...more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 3 1 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 06:17:32 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 06:22:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 1 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:36:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:40:44 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 3 0 false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 20:49:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:15:17 -0700 2009
In some ways I liked the mirror between Rae's life and her "uncle" Desmond's but I felt it was overdon...more...]]> 833187 0553381512 9780553381511 50 8 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178755463m/833187.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833187.Folly 4 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:32:04 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:52:23 -0800 2009
I especially enjoyed the sensitive portrayal of mental...more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 19:55:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:19:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 1 false Tue Dec 16 16:54:33 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:26:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 1 false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 18:41:24 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 20:14:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 5 0 false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 21:57:45 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 21:13:30 -0700 2009 2
Just finished second reading, and I take i...more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 4 1 false Sun Feb 22 06:46:40 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 06:48:35 -0800 2009 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 14 13:06:17 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 13:12:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10305 0007111347 9780007111343 479 56 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166153644m/10305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305.Folly 4 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:57:39 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:59:27 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10305