Built to Last

Built to Last

by Aurora Rey

264 pages· 2016· ISBN 9781626395527
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Olivia Bennett is on the tenure track at Cornell University, the resident expert on Southern women writers. After moving to upstate New York from Atlanta, she falls in love with and purchases an old, run-down farmhouse. The only catch: she know s nothing about renovating a house, taking care of land, or snow . Joss Bauer is a New York native who grew up in her family’s construction business. She has a soft spot for old houses, but no patience for overpaid debutantes who want to play at country living. W hen Olivia hires Joss to do the renovations on her new home, the sparks fly, in more ways than one. It turns out both women have a lot to learn about life, love, and the meaning of home. But when a scandal threatens Olivia’s professional reputation, it puts her priorities and her new found love on the line.

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    How does the contrast between Olivia’s academic, Southern roots and Joss’s hands-on, upstate New York background set the stage for their dynamic, and what preconceived notions do they initially hold about each other?

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    The title "Built to Last" applies both to the historical farmhouse Olivia purchases and to the relationship developing between the two women. In what ways are the challenges of renovating an old house a metaphor for building a lasting romance?

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    Olivia is an expert on Southern women writers, yet she finds herself out of her depth when faced with the physical realities of the farmhouse and upstate winters; how does her intellectual understanding of stories compare to the lived experience of writing her own?

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