EAN: 9780593830475

KNIGHT EMMA THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPU...

“A spellbinding debut about friendship  motherhood  first love  and the choices that bind us. .
. I couldn't put it down!” — Carley Fortune  #1 New York Times bestselling author of This
Summer Will Be Different    A witty  atmospheric  and brilliantly told novel that offers
compelling portraits of womanhood  motherhood and female friendship  along with the
irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family   Arriving at the University
of Edinburgh for her first term  Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding
something from her. She believes she’ll find the answer here in Scotland  where an old friend
of her father’s—now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox—lives. When she is invited to spend
the weekend at Lord Lennox’s centuries-old estate with his enveloping  fascinating family  Pen
begins to unravel her parents’ secret  just as she’s falling in love for the first time . . . 
As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthood  she comes to rely on herself for the first
time in her life. A rich and rewarding novel of campus life  of sexual awakening  and
ultimately  of the many ways women can become mothers in this world  The Life Cycle of the
Common Octopus asks to what extent we need to look back in order to move forward.

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