Stately pursuits / Katie Fforde.
This is the story of Hettie Longden, freshly dumped and broken-hearted, who agrees to look after her great-uncle's long-abandoned mansion in the countryside. She is at something of a life-time low: no job, no lover, no prospects, and no particular talent for resuscitating crumbling estates. So she hopes for nothing more than a good old-fashioned escape. What she finds, though, is a cast of quirky and ever-present neighbors, a couple of sensitive New-Age guys, some very humorless bank officials, two disarming little canines, one gracious, dilapidated, romantic old house--and, just maybe, enough elbow grease to polish everything up again.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312186681
- ISBN: 9780312186685
- ISBN: 0312206763
- ISBN: 9780312206765
- Physical Description: 279 pages pb. ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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- Romance fiction.
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- 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | F FFORDE (Text) | 34510000102572 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Fforde (Text) | 540191001164340 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Leath Memorial Library | FIC FFORDE (Text) | 58198000762685 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | F F (Text) | 25908003770570 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Thomasville Public Library | F F (Text) | 25908002803877 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Transylvania County Library | FIC FFO (Text) | 38079100873454 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| West Asheville Library | F FFO (Text) | 0020502823253 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Wilkes County Public Library | F FFO (Text) | 50501100136080 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
This is the story of Hettie Longden, freshly dumped and broken-hearted, who agrees to look after her great-uncle's long-abandoned mansion in the countryside. She is at something of a life-time low: no job, no lover, no prospects, and no particular talent for resuscitating crumbling estates. So she hopes for nothing more than a good old-fashioned escape. What she finds, though, is a cast of quirky and ever-present neighbors, a couple of sensitive New-Age guys, some very humorless bank officials, two disarming little canines, one gracious, dilapidated, romantic old house--and, just maybe, enough elbow grease to polish everything up again.
