In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep The Pull ofthe Moon and Until the Real Thing Comes Along a woman recreates her lifeafter divorce... » 

In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep The Pull ofthe Moon and Until the Real Thing Comes Along a woman recreates her lifeafter divorce by opening up her house and her heart.Samanthas husband has left her and after a spree of overcharging atTiffanys she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her elevenyearold son. Her eccentric mother tries to help by fixing her up with datesbut a more pressing problem is money. To meet her mortgage payments Samdecides to take in boarders. The first is an older woman who offers sage adviceand sorely needed comfort the second a maladjusted student is not quite sohelpful. A new friend King an untraditional man suggests that Samantha getout get going get work. But her real work is this In order to emerge fromgrief and the past she has to learn how to make her own happiness. In order toreally see people she has to look within her heart. And in order to know whoshe is she has to rememberand reclaimthe person she used to be longbefore she became someone else in an effort to save her marriage. Open House isa love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman and within awoman herself.From the Hardcover edition. «