false 1187472 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 1187472 6 1175458 24 7 2007 The Master Bedroom: A Novel total:113|5:0|4:2|3:5|2:2|1:0| 113 313 221 41 374096 3.15 299 85 7309687 222325 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.78 104 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 1 false Sun Jun 22 11:45:21 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 05 11:22:36 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 22 11:45:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 36416567 422305 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 3 1 true Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 14:48:25 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:54:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 74004412 25786 3750750 0312427972 9780312427979 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3750750.The_Master_Bedroom 2.67 6
At the same time, David's seventeen-year-old son is visiting Kate's house in secret, attracted by her eccentricity, her wit, and her shelves full of old books and music. Though she knows the risks, Kate cannot quite resist either man. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley's intricate, graceful novel discovers the anxieties of adulthood, and the hazards of refusing to grow up.]]> 2007 3 0 false Fri Oct 09 14:36:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:36:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66884357 2523331 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 10 15:44:43 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 15:45:57 -0700 2009
The main character, 40-something Kate Flynn, quits her college teaching job in London to go to Cardiff, W...more...]]> 8241599 117420 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:21:43 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 06:54:09 -0800 2007 4596118 204684 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 12:00:10 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:21:44 -0800 2009 22887385 440929 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Wed Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 24 15:38:19 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 15:38:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 73559214 13167 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Mon Oct 05 16:50:40 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 16:52:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61475799 2131056 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Jun 29 01:34:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 03:24:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16682169 688433 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Apr 06 20:46:15 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 07:24:05 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 06 20:45:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12981745 768999 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 1 false Sun Jan 20 14:15:05 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 15:32:05 -0800 2008 the other woman/mother would burst in an...more...]]> 75046908 507101 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 3 0 false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:47:58 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:49:19 -0700 2009 58640351 276988 3750750 0312427972 9780312427979 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3750750.The_Master_Bedroom 2.77 113
At the same time, David's seventeen-year-old son is visiting Kate's house in secret, attracted by her eccentricity, her wit, and her shelves full of old books and music. Though she knows the risks, Kate cannot quite resist either man. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley's intricate, graceful novel discovers the anxieties of adulthood, and the hazards of refusing to grow up.]]> 2007 2 0 false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 07:49:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:39:07 -0700 2009 65648579 146719 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:07:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 06:24:48 -0700 2009 27484349 206027 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 20:24:13 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 04:58:49 -0700 2008
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...more...]]> 53059317 854612 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Fri Apr 17 15:30:06 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:31:09 -0700 2009 69455776 2571904 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 30 12:00:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 12:01:13 -0700 2009 31126723 632713 3750750 0312427972 9780312427979 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3750750.The_Master_Bedroom 2.77 113
At the same time, David's seventeen-year-old son is visiting Kate's house in secret, attracted by her eccentricity, her wit, and her shelves full of old books and music. Though she knows the risks, Kate cannot quite resist either man. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley's intricate, graceful novel discovers the anxieties of adulthood, and the hazards of refusing to grow up.]]> 2007 1 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 07:24:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 22:31:13 -0700 2008 I was expecting something more salacious. Don't let the cover fool you, as it did me.
I read this on a plane and it was more entertaining than the snoring man next to me and less annoying than the children in front of me. Perhaps I should have contacted t...more...]]> 33376618 43247 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 15:03:57 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:20:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24372778 1158050 1187472 0805080767 9780805080766 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777m/1187472.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181748777s/1187472.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187472.The_Master_Bedroom_A_Novel 2.77 113 A single woman at loose ends becomes the object of two men’s affections—a father and his teenage son—in this sly, richly drawn novel</div><div> </div><div><div>After more than twenty years in London, Kate Flynn has returned to her family home in Wales to care for her aging mother. Having cast off her academic career, she is unmoored, and when she runs into a childhood friend, David Roberts, at a concert, she finds herself falling for him, although she knows she’s grasping at anything to fill the sudden emptiness of her life.</div><div>
For his part, David’s marriage isn’t as solid as it looks—his wife, Suzie, has begun acting strangely, moving out of their bedroom, neglecting their children, and disappearing for days at a time—and he begins to seek refuge with Kate from the newfound chaos of his life.</div><div>
David’s seventeen-year-old son, Jamie, is also drawn to Kate’s eccentricity and her strange, glamorous old house full of books and music and history. As both father and son set about their parallel courtships, Tessa Hadley’s intricate, graceful novel explores the tangled web of connections between parents and children, revealing how each generation replays the stories of the one that came before, in new and sometimes startling patterns.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 3 0 false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 19:05:33 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 18:11:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1187472