Lying Low
by JOHNSON, DIANE
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Synopsis
A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the events of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, "lying low" and harboring secrets not meant to be shared. Theo Wait, a middle-aged former ballet dancer, and her brother, Anton, have taken in two boarders: beautiful Lynn, who never receives mail or visitors; and energetic and effusive Ouida, a Brazilian student and illegal alien who won't let complicated bureaucratic wrangles and constant fear of deportation taint her vision of America as the land of opportunity. A faked identity, a search for one of the FBI's most wanted escaped prison convicts, and a Brazilian feast that spins out of control kick the plot into high gear. While each of these characters has been plagued by a sense of impending disaster, the terrible thing they've all been fearing comes from an entirely unexpected direction, shattering all of their lives.
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- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156597
- Title
- Lying Low
- Author
- JOHNSON, DIANE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head 1979
- Keywords
- specials Diane Johnson first edition novel literature
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