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One Folgate Street is a beautiful, minimalist house built by its obsessive architect and owner, Edward Monkford. A girl named Emma used to live in the house, but she is now dead. Jane now lives in the same house and is attracted to Edward, but discovers that she and Emma are physically identical, and the girl before was similarly involved with Edward. Jane suspects there are secrets hidden in theat house, which imposes its minimalist ideal on its unsuspecting residents. Can she trust its owner? But there are equally suspicious people—-- Emma’s boyfriend, the psychotherapist, and even that mysterious guys who delivers flowers to the house.
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One Folgate Street is a beautiful, minimalist house built by its obsessive architect and owner, Edward Monkford. A girl named Emma used to live in the house, but she is now dead. Jane now lives in the same house and is attracted to Edward, but discovers that she and Emma are physically identical, and the girl before was similarly involved with Edward. Jane suspects there are secrets hidden in theat house, which imposes its minimalist ideal on its unsuspecting residents. Can she trust its owner? But there are equally suspicious people—-- Emma’s boyfriend, the psychotherapist, and even that mysterious guys who delivers flowers to the house.
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
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