Life Quote by Margot Livesey

In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision. Writers, young…

— Margot Livesey

“All along, he'd been looking in the wrong direction, trying to make time stand still, to re-create the past, but everything in life taught…

— Margot Livesey

“Men were strictly for pleasure and for experimenting with versions of the self.”

— Margot Livesey

In How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway creates an irresistible heroine. Shoko is stubborn, contrary, proud, a wonderful housewife and full of…

— Margot Livesey

Running, I soon realized, was the best way to stay ahead of fear.

— Margot Livesey

Barry recounts all this in prose of often startling beauty. Just as he describes people stopping in the street to look at Roseanne, so…

— Margot Livesey

“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life”

— Margot Livesey

In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous, precise prose…

— Margot Livesey

Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired…

— Margot Livesey

In The Moon, Come to Earth Philip Graham takes us on the best kind of journey, as he simultaneously reveals the fascinating city of…

— Margot Livesey

“so often my own emotions were hidden not only from other people but from myself. or perhaps it was the other way round: i…

— Margot Livesey

As far as I'm concerned it's the other way round. We repeat what we remember. Only forgetfulness sets us free.

— Margot Livesey