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 House Rules - Heather Lewis
 House Rules - Heather Lewis ... go home to her abusive father, she escapes to the horse-show circuit and begins an affair with a beautiful but dangerous rider named Tory Markham. Through Tory, she becomes involved with a disreputable team of brother and sister trainers: Carl, notorious for his ruthless training methods, and Linda, who keeps the stable - both the horses and the riders - doped on narcotics. Lee's descent into a web of violent sex and heroln addiction is depicted with hellishly vivid precision. First published in 1995, House Rules established Heather Lewis' reputation as a gifted and uncompromising writer.Newest Review: ... her personality almost set the tone for the rest of the book; Lee is a very confused young girl, one who has obviously been ... more ... scarred by events in her past, and is just trying to find a place where she can fit in. We learn that Lee’s father was abusive to her, and so to escape from this she decides to join the horse-show circuit rather than going home. Although she has met some of the characters in this environment before, it is now that she becomes truly embroiled in their lifestyles, entering into a world of “violent sex and heroin” as the blurb of the novel so brashly tells us. As Lee sinks deeper and deeper into this world we see her beco...more |
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House Rules - Heather Lewis: Uncomfortable Reading (621 words)
by - written on 23/07/07 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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Heather Lewis’ novel ‘House Rules’ was first published in 1995, and then republished in 2005, with a new afterword, which is the copy that I read. Although it can’t be known for sure, I would say that this was only published again in this way because of the author’s personal life. She killed herself in 2002. ‘House Rules’ tells the story of 15-year old Lee, who at the start of the novel has just been expelled from boarding school. The way that Lee tells us this makes it sound as though she was not really to blame for the incident that resulted in her having to leave, however in the following pages we witness her let a complete stranger on a plane that she ... Read the complete review
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