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Sixteen-year-old Polly is on her way to the island of Cyprus, where she will work as a gofer. The trip was arranged by Maximiliana Horne, a rich, brilliant artist who, with her longtime companion, Dr. Ursula Heschel, recently became the O'Keefe family's neighbor on Benne Seed Island. Max and Polly formed an instant friendship and Max took over Polly's education, giving her the encouragement and confidence that her isolated upbringing had not. Polly adored Max, even idolized her, until Max betrayed her. In Greece, Polly finds romance, danger, and unique friendships. But can she ever forgive Max?
- Sales Rank: #309802 in Books
- Brand: Square Fish
- Model: FBA-|284126
- Published on: 2012-02-14
- Released on: 2012-02-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.23" h x .89" w x 5.52" l, .66 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Review
“Seventeen-year-old Polly can accept her dying patron's lesbianism until Max, overcome by pain and alcohol, attempts to seduce her. While on a working trip to Greece and Cyprus, previously arranged by Max, Polly learns what forgiveness and love really are. Polly is a remarkable heroine.” ―Children's Book Review Service
“Compelling . . . An eminently caring book by an obviously caring writer.” ―Booklist, starred review
“Exquisite.” ―Publishers Weekly
From the Publisher
When sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe journeys to Athens, she feels confused and betrayed.
The past eight months at home were different from any other time in her life. She met the brilliant, wealthy Maximiliana Horne, who gave her encouragement and made her feel self-confident. Polly idolized Max, until she learned a starting truth that left her wounded and angry.
Now on a trip to Greece arranged by Max, Polly finds romance, danger, and unique friendships. But can she find a way to forgive Max and remember her as more than a painful memory?
From the Inside Flap
When sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe journeys to Athens, she feels confused and betrayed.
The past eight months at home were different from any other time in her life. She met the brilliant, wealthy Maximiliana Horne, who gave her encouragement and made her feel self-confident. Polly idolized Max, until she learned a starting truth that left her wounded and angry.
Now on a trip to Greece arranged by Max, Polly finds romance, danger, and unique friendships. But can she find a way to forgive Max and remember her as more than a painful memory?
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108 of 112 people found the following review helpful.
A compelling, but shocking novel. Not for young young-adults
By James Bow
Be warned that this review contains serious spoilers.
Madeleine L'Engle is, of course, best known for her book "A Wrinkle in Time" and the four books following which chronicle the adventures of Meg and Charles, and Meg's future husband Calvin. They are fantastical tales of travel at the speed of thought, alien worlds, monstrous evils to be fought, and the power of love in all its forms.
Madeleine L'Engle has a deeper range than young adult science fiction. Even knowing this, however, it was a shock to read "A House Like a Lotus". It has the love of the Time Quartet books, but there is no tessering. There are no alien worlds to explore, and no monstrous evils. To see Meg and Calvin coping with a brood of seven children, and their eldest daughter, Polyhymnia (Polly), dealing with a straight story about love, betrayal and forgiveness makes it feel like you're reading from a different author. It is a compelling expansion upon Meg and Calvin's characters, and Polly carries the story in the first person with considerable grace, as she first befriends, and then flees from, a dying woman named Maxa. It's brilliant, but it still takes some getting used to.
The story is written with, in my opinion, a much older audience in mind than "A Wrinkle in Time". The Time Quartet is ageless, but "A House Like a Lotus" deals frankly with sexual issues, including homosexuality and Polly's first sexual experience (heterosexual). I would not recommend this book to anybody under the age of fourteen, but to any other fan of L'Engle's work, this book is a must read.
As you can see from other reviews, Madeleine L'Engle takes it between the eyes for her controversial subject matter. Some more liberal than her might say that she has demonized homosexuality through Maxa's drunken advances on Polly. On the other hand, others more conservative than Madeleine will not appreciate the fact that sixteen-year-old Polly has sex outside of marriage once (and isn't the least bit unhappy about it) and is perfectly open to having it again with someone else. The scene where Polly loses her virginity is touchingly and tastefully handled. There is too much love going on in this scene for me to believe that a sin is being committed.
Personally, I did not think Madeleine demonized homosexuality through Maxa's portrayal in this book. Maxa is portrayed as a brilliant but hurt individual, who is dying, suffering, and deeply afraid. Much is made early on in the story that Maxa and her live-in partner Ursula might be lesbians, but Meg and Calvin make it quite clear that they believe that what goes on between two consenting adults in private is their own business. They refuse to pass judgement, and I agree with that.
On the other hand, Maxa's advances on Polly were made when Maxa was drunk, hurting more than ever, and more afraid than ever about her oncoming death. She does hurt Polly (this is the focus of the book), but she realizes almost right away that what she has done was very wrong, but only as it relates to itself. Homosexuality is not the defining factor in this shocking and key scene of the book. If Maxa had been a man, the scene would have had as much, if not more power.
"A House Like a Lotus" is a book about trust and love, and how, by just being the humans we are, we sometimes don't live up to other people's trust. And how we must forgive ourselves and the others who betray us, for our human foibles. In this regard, "A House Like a Lotus" carries more power than the entire Time Quartet combined.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Makes you think
By Lorax
The first time I read this book as a teenager, I was shocked by it. I had checked it out of the library, and I didn't like it at all, and certainly didn't think it was a young-adult fiction book. But, I am an unabashed L'Engle fan so I kept on reading. And re-reading. And while it still isn't my favorite of L'Engle's books, I think it is one of her most important. It is a book about forgiveness. It is about learning to allow people to be imperfect by your standards and loving them anyway. I didn't truly learn everything I needed to learn from this book until I was an adult - and about the third time I re-read it. And I'll probably learn more from it the next time I read it. I would not give this book to young teens as they likely aren't ready for it. But older teens (truly young adults) can benefit greatly from this book - ESPECIALLY if it shocks or upsets them ... keep reading it. You WILL learn something from it. But, adults should be aware that some parents will not like their children reading this book, so when giving a gift, be sensitive to that. This is probably the most controversial of L'Engle's books - but that's really not saying much since L'Engle is as uncontroversial as they come.
There is nothing lewd about any part of this book. The use of the term "lewd" in conjunction with any of L'Engle's books is absolutely laughable. It is neither homophobic nor immoral - one of the many points of this book is that we are more than our sexuality ... much more and that is a lesson many people could stand to take more to heart. It is a beautifully written book that tackles some very difficult issues with class and sensitivity. It is very much a book that takes the middle road and emphasizes empathy, understanding, kindness and compassion to everyone. Apparantly, that is too shocking for some people, but I personally think that only people who need to be shocked are truly shocked by this book.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
An excellent book that calls it down the middle
By A Customer
Spoiler warning.
The person who wrote the review "Good old fashioned homophobia" has clearly not read "A House Like a Lotus" thoroughly. To call Maxa a "tormented alcoholic lesbian" and a "straw figure" is to severely underrate her character. She is, throughout the book, an excellent mentor to Meg and Calvin's oldest daughter, Polly. She is, however, suffering from a terminal and painful disease, which has nothing to do with her homosexuality. It is the fear and pain from her illness that causes her to momentarily forget herself and make a drunken advance on Polly in the key scene of this book.
As somebody else noted, the homosexuality of the character is incidental to this event. Had Maxa been a man, the scene would have had as much, if not more power. As such, it is interesting to note that Madeleine, for good measure, has Polly suffer through a leud *heterosexual* proposition soon after this event, producing, essentially a sexless two-part rape of poor Polly, which is the key to her pain in this story. When Polly reaches out to the sympathetic Rennie after all of this, it is tellingly the actions of the man that is topmost on her mind and not Maxa's advances.
And I figure that Calvin's anger when his son Xan and his niece Kate bring home some very hateful homophobic talk should leave no doubt as to the tolerance of Calvin and Meg's position on homosexuality. Maxa could hardly be accused of being in the closet, and yet Calvin and Meg are quite willing to trust Maxa with their daughter.
And as for Meg forsaking her docterate for her husband, again that's an example of poor reading. She did it for her children's sake, not for her husband, and she does help her father's scientific activities, especially when mathematics is involved. I may not agree with her decision to postpone her docterate while she had her children, but the ultimate decision lies with her and who are we to tell her otherwise?
As you can see from some of these reviews, it appears that Madeleine has ticked off both liberals and conservatives with her book. She's falsely accused of homophobia, and she is criticized for a "dirty" heterosexual sex scene which is, in my opinion, tastefully and tactfully handled. Clearly, to tick off both sides suggest that Madeleine has done something right.
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