The Driveway Has Two Sides
The perfect escapist beach read
Published on 11. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
135 pages
978-1-912054-42-8 (ISBN)
Description
On an East Coast island, full of tall pine moaning with sea gusts, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. The neighbours gossip as they watch her cleaning, black hair tied back in a white rubber band. They don't like it when she plants a garden out front - orange-red Carpinus caroliniana and silvery-blue hosta. Very unusual, they whisper.
Across the driveway lives a man who never goes out. Delilah knows he's watching her too and she likes the look of him, but perhaps life is too complicated already...
Across the driveway lives a man who never goes out. Delilah knows he's watching her too and she likes the look of him, but perhaps life is too complicated already...
Reviews / Votes
'This deft, devourable novella is one part Barbara Pym, one part Patricia Highsmith, and all parts Sara Marchant' -Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of Hausfrau'This story unfolds beautifully, with a balance of mystery and wry insight that keeps you turning the pages' -Mary Yukari Waters, author of The Laws of Evening
'Sara Marchant is the kind of writer we need for these times: her scathing intelligence, refusal to engage with sentimentality, and generous, inclusive view of what makes people's lives matter restores my belief in the power of story to change the world' -Emily Rapp, author of The Still Point of the Turning World
'With radiant humanity, humor, and spiky powers of observation, Sara Marchant illuminates the wild and enigmatic nature of attraction' -Mary Otis, author of Yes, Yes, Cherries
'A perfect holiday read' -Phoenix Magazine
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
n/a
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
114 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912054-42-8 (9781912054428)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sara Marchant is a published author of short stories. She lives in the high desert of Southern California with her husband, two dogs, a goat, and five chickens.