The road from Belhaven, Margot Livesey
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The road from Belhaven, Margot Livesey
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eng
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no index present
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fiction
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The road from Belhaven
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Margot Livesey
Summary
Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven farm, Lizzie Craig discovers at a young age that she can see into the future. Her gift of sight is selective--she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family on her beloved farm. But she does see "pictures" that foretell various incidents and accidents and begins to realize a painful truth: she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it. Nor can Lizzie change the feelings that come when a young man named Louis, visiting Belhaven for the harvest, begins to court her. Why have the adults around her not revealed that the touch of a hand can change everything? After following Louis to Glasgow, though, she learns the limits of his devotion, and when faced with a seemingly impossible choice, she makes what turns out to be a terrible mistake. But while Lizzie can't change the past, her second sight may allow her a second chance.--, Provided by publisher
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Road from Belhaven, a novel
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- Betrayal -- Fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Prophets -- Fiction
- Novels
- Bildungsromans
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Gothic fiction
- Clairvoyants -- Fiction
- Scotland -- History -- Fiction
- Scotland -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Romans
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre7
- Subject16
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Prophets -- Fiction
- Novels
- Bildungsromans
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Gothic fiction
- Clairvoyants -- Fiction
- Scotland -- History -- Fiction
- Scotland -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Romans
- Content1
- Author1