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Love may fail

Matthew Quick

2015401 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015ENGISBN 9781447247517
  • 2015401 pages · ENGISBN 9780062285560
  • 2016Harper Perennial · 401 pages · ENGISBN 9781443425896

Escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, Portia Kane returns to the South Jersey home of her youth and resolves to save herself by assisting a beloved English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. Portia Kane is escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, running back to South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else-- a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. With the 'help' of a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother, will Portia be able to restore a good man's reputation-- and find renewed hope in the human race?

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Character focusTwo hander

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Romance levelCentralSubplot

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ThemesLove

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