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Touchstone
March 2011
On Sale: March 1, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 1439195021
EAN: 9781439195024
Hardcover
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“I knew I could stay in this town when I found the blue
enamel pot floating in the lake. The pot led me to the
house, the house led me to the book, the book to the lawyer,
the lawyer to the whorehouse, the whorehouse to science, and
from science I joined the world.” So begins Leslie Daniels’s funny and moving novel about a
woman’s desperate attempt to rebuild her life. When Barb
Barrett walks out on her loveless marriage she doesn’t
realize she will lose everything: her home, her financial
security, even her beloved children. Approaching forty with
her life in shambles and no family or friends to turn to,
Barb must now discover what it means to rely on herself in a
stark new emotional landscape. Guided only by her intense inner voice and a unique
entrepreneurial vision, Barb begins to collect the scattered
pieces of her life. She moves into a house once occupied by
Vladimir Nabokov, author of the controversial masterpiece
Lolita, and discovers a manuscript that may be his lost
work. As her journey gathers momentum, Barb deepens a
connection with her new world, discovering resources in her
community and in herself that no one had anticipated.
Written in elegant prose with touches of sharp humor and
wit, Cleaning Nabokov’s House offers a new vision of modern
love and a fervent reminder that it is never too late to
find faith in our truest selves.
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