The Romantic

Barbara Gowdy · First published 2003

About This Book

Lacking maternal love since the age of nine, when her mother abandoned the family, Louise Kirk develops a near-lifelong obsession with the boy from across the street--now a man who is incapable of loving her as much as she loves him.

Awards

Booker PrizeLonglisted2003

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