Homework A Novel [Paperback]

Celia Gilchrist believes that she has finally found the right man in Stephen, but when she moves in with Stephen and his young daughter Jenny, things begin to go subtly, menacingly wrong. Money disappears, a sweater is ruined, small, common-place lies escalate into awkward confrontations. Livesey's debut novelHomework, now back in print, is a chilling portrait of jealousy and fear, devotion, and the wish to be loved.Margot Liveseyis the author of a story collection and several novels, includingEva Moves the Furniture. She lives and teaches in Massachusetts.

Arresting...Homework skillfully infuses psychological fright into the ordinary routine of living. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

[An] artful narrative...rife with Hitchcockian suspense and a vivid re-creation of terror worthy of the master himself. Brett Singer, Los Angeles Times