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A House Like a Lotus (O'Keefe Family #3)

Madeleine L'Engle

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 307 pages

Rating: 3.75 | 4323 Users | 216 Reviews

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Original Title:	A House Like a Lotus (O'Keefe Family, Book 3)
ISBN:	0440936853 (ISBN13: 9780440936855)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	O'Keefe Family #3, Kairos #7
Characters:	Poly O'Keefe

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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 startling 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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Title	:	A House Like a Lotus (O'Keefe Family #3)
Author	:	Madeleine L'Engle
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 307 pages
Published	:	November 1st 1985 by Dell (first published November 1st 1984)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Fantasy. Childrens. Romance. Teen. Science Fiction

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Ratings: 3.75 From 4323 Users | 216 Reviews

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This is one of my all-time favorite L'Engle books.As protagonists go, I love Poly/Polly O'Keefe more than any of the other L'Engle main characters except Meg. Even if Polly keeps going out with Zachary Gray (duh!). I love the settings of this book: one of the islands of the Carolinas, a beautiful place, and Greece, one of the places I long to go.And I love Max. Maxamiliana Horne. Who is special and real and fascinating and loving and helped me start, when I was a mildly angry young person, to

Having read so much of her non-fiction, I decided to re-read some of LEngles novels. Really, I would not recommend this book for children or even teenagers, unless youre ready to read it with them and discuss it. While it handles some issues very well I was frankly appalled by how casually a relationship between an older man (mid to late 20s) and a 16 year old girl was handled. For one thing that the characters parents allowed her to go out with an adult man, for another that the love scene was

This novel discussed sexuality more than I am comfortable with. I think it's supposed to be a young adult novel, but I wouldn't want my kids reading it until they were in their late teens.The writing was superb.

This is one of the L'Engle books I struggle with the most - the blatant homophobia in particular. I've never understood the big climactic crisis between Max and Polly - my impression is always that Max got drunk and weird (which might be a little upsetting), but I just can't see any signs of seduction - I think that's just people transferring their own homophobic fears there...... The supposedly sympathetic characters (starting with Meg and Calvin) talk in hushed tones about Max being a lesbian

Maybe it's because I've done so much work with people who have a history of sexual abuse, but this book struck me as mostly being about would-be predators and actual predators. I don't care if it's 1984 or 1954 or 1864, it's still creepy for a dude in his mid- to late 20s to be dating a 16-year-old, and to seduce her when she's at her most emotionally vulnerable. The book's structure is also kind of nonsensical, and it is never wise to have the story you're telling in flashback be more

This is a straight-up coming-of-age story, and one I had some issues with; but I dont generally argue content when the writing and structure are good. The latter is especially so (meaning I kept reading to get to the flashbacks) and made for compelling reading; though after the end of the first part, when the secret of Pollys hurting is revealed, I found it less so. The subject matter, touching on homosexuality and teen sex, is for the oldest, or most mature, of teens. Polly is sixteen, a junior

Warning: Here be spoilers!I read this when I was a teenager. I remember being enthralled and a little disturbed and confused. I was looking for something to read in the doctor's waiting room and decided to download this and read it. As an adult reader I notice that all the major characters in the novel are all amazing overachievers, brilliant, all charming, all at the tops of their careers, all who give our main character their full and thoughtful attention, all with seemingly good intentions.