{"product_id":"the-road-from-belhaven-9780593471241","title":"The Road from Belhaven","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e, an unforgettable novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in nineteenth-century Scotland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bewitching and seductive.\" --Rebecca Makkai, author of \u003ci\u003eI Have Some Questions for You \u003c\/i\u003e- \"Magical.\" --Allegra Goodman, author of \u003ci\u003eSam \u003c\/i\u003e- \"This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake.\" --Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. But her gift is selective--she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family. As her \"pictures\" foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful truth: she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNor can Lizzie change the feelings that come when a young man named Louis, visiting Belhaven for the harvest, begins to court her. Why have the adults around her not revealed that the touch of a hand can change everything? After following Louis to Glasgow, though, she learns the limits of his devotion. Faced with a seemingly impossible choice, she makes a terrible mistake. But her second sight may allow her a second chance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuminous and transporting, \u003ci\u003eThe Road from Belhaven\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a marvel... a story as thrilling as it is thoughtful, one animated by life's fundamental question: How do we change?\" (Anthony Marra, author of \u003ci\u003eMercury Pictures Presents\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGOT LIVESEY was born and grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of a collection of stories and nine other novels, including \u003ci\u003eEva Moves the Furniture, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Field. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has received awards from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186302157074,"sku":"9780593471241","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18392eeb-304c-4803-ad6d-086275dfc842.jpg?v=1758093536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-road-from-belhaven-9780593471241","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}