Polly O'Keefe A House Like a Lotus, Book 3, (Paperback)

from chewbecca

With the L'Engle books, I had rarely ventured from the Wrinkle in Time series, but when I finally read the inside cover and found that this book's main character was the daughter of the characters in the other books, I read it very quickly. L'Engle's coming-of-age books are absolutely amazing, an...

from chewbecca

With the L'Engle books, I had rarely ventured from the Wrinkle in Time series, but when I finally read the inside cover and found that this book's main character was the daughter of the characters in the other books, I read it very quickly. L'Engle's coming-of-age books are absolutely amazing, an...

from Jean_Sexton

A House like a Lotus drew me in with both stories that are told. One was told by Polly O'Keefe through her dreams and memories of the recent past; the other, she was living in the present. There are "adult" themes running through the book (homosexuality and pre-marital sex with an older man), so ...

from SueinCyprus

Third in the 'O'Keefe' series narrated by the teenage Polly. In this book she is almost seventeen, and beginning to explore adult life and feelings. She is alone in Athens when we meet her, clearly upset about something which is not revealed until about half way through the book. There are a lot ...

from purplehena

I've read this multiple times, and in college, when I spotted a copy at the Powell's in Hyde Park I bought it, even though I already had a copy in FL. Now I always have one copy with me wherever I'm living, and the other in FL for when I visit my parents. That's how much I like this book. This on...