num_pages: 293
description: Filled with a colorful and unforgettable cast of literary figures The House at the End of Hope Street is a charming whimsical novel of hope and feminine wisdom.Distraught that her academic career has stalled Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge England when she finds herself in front of a house she's never seen before 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets her and invites her to stay on the house's usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. With nothing left to lose Alba takes a chance and moves in. She soon discovers that this is no ordinary house. Past residents have included Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Parker who after receiving the assistance they needed hung around to help newcomers - literally in talking portraits on the wall. As she escapes into this new world Alba begins a journey that will heal her wounds - and maybe even save her life. Filled with a colorful and unforgettable cast of literary figures The House at the End of Hope Street is a charming whimsical novel of hope and feminine wisdom that is sure to appeal to fans of Jasper Fforde and especially Sarah Addison Allen.
language: English
title: The House at the End of Hope Street
publisher: Pamela Dorman Books