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  The Story of Lucy Gault

  by William Trevor

  The stunning new novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness. The Gault family leads a life of privilege in early 1920s Ireland, but the threat of violence leads the parents of nine-year-old Lucy to decide to leave for England, her mother's home. Lucy cannot bear the thought of leaving Lahardane, their country house with its beautiful... (more)
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  Felicia's Journey: (movie tie-in edition)

  by William Trevor

  Felicia is unmarried, pregnant, and penniless. She steals away from a small Irish town and drifts through the industrial English Midlands, searching for the boyfriend who left her. Instead she meets up with Mr. Hilditch, who is looking for a new friend to join the five other girls in his Memory Lane. But strange, sad, terrifying tricks of chance unravel both his and Felicia's delusions in a story that will... (more)
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  Love and Summer

  by William Trevor

  ItÂ’s summer and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesnÂ’t go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at Mrs. ConnultyÂ’s funeral. Florian Kilderry couldnÂ’t know that the Connultys are said to own half the town: he has only come to Rathmoye to photograph the scorched remains of its burnt- out cinema. A few miles out in the country, Dillahan,... (more)
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  After Rain: Stories

  by William Trevor

  Chosen by the editors of The New York Times Book Review as one of the eight best books of 1996, After Rain presents a collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered stories that plumb the depths of the human heart. "Short fiction at its finest."--San Francisco Chronicle.
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  The Children of Dynmouth

  by William Trevor

  A small, pretty seaside town is harshly exposed by a young boy's curiosity. His prudent interest, oddly motivated, leaves few people unaffected - and the consequences cannot be ignored.
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  Two Lives

  by William Trevor

  Two novels-- Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria --explore the lives of two women whose lives are marred by the absence of love. Reprint. NYT.
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  Fools of Fortune (Penguin Classics)

  by William Trevor

  Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor—"Ireland’s answer to Chekhov" ( The Boston Globe ) and "one of the best writers of our era" ( The Washington Post )—to our distinguished list of literary masters. In this award-winning novel, an informer’s body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish family shortly after the First World War, and an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Led by a ... (more)