The Sea House

Esther Freud

first published 2003 Ecco, 2004 276 pages

The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Poring over Klaus's letters to Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begin...

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Sea House edition · 2013 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062030795
The Sea House ebook · 2008 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141901558
The Sea House paperback · 2005 · Harper Perennial · 288 pages · 9780060565503
The sea house edition · 2004 · Ecco · 276 pages
The sea house edition · 2004 · Charnwood · 370 pages · 9781843951384
The Sea House edition · 2004 · Penguin Books Ltd · 288 pages · 9780141011073
The Sea House paperback · 2003 · Penguin · 277 pages
The sea house edition · 2003 · Hamish Hamilton · 276 pages

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