Iona Strachan built the machine that prices love. From a hushed Marylebone bureau she scores strangers by how cheaply they can be left — and she has organised her whole life the same way: know the exit before you enter the room, keep the walls bare, put a number on everyone so no one can ever corner you.
Daud Çetin reads a building the way she reads a person — fast, from the hinges, looking for where it's been forced. He takes the job re-keying her basement for one reason: to reach a single sealed file, and learn what the firm sold his brother in the last lonely year of his life.
He came for a door. She has a number for everyone but him.
What grows between a woman who prices everything and a man who won't be priced is tender, exact, and built on a lie each of them is keeping. Somewhere in her machine sits one honest record — and it points straight back at them both.
A literary, slow-burn love story about the cost of leaving, and the far higher cost of staying.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Iona Strachan built the machine that prices love. From a hushed Marylebone bureau she scores strangers by how cheaply they can be left - and she has organised her whole life the same way: know the exit before you enter the room, keep the walls bare, put a number on everyone so no one can ever corner you. Daud Çetin reads a building the way she reads a person - fast, from the hinges, looking for where it's been forced. He takes the job re-keying her basement for one reason: to reach a single sealed file, and learn what the firm sold his brother in the last lonely year of his life. He came for a door. She has a number for everyone but him. What grows between a woman who prices everything and a man who won't be priced is tender, exact, and built on a lie each of them is keeping. Somewhere in her machine sits one honest record - and it points straight back at them both. A literary, slow-burn love story about the cost of leaving, and the far higher cost of staying. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798190211788
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Iona Strachan built the machine that prices love. From a hushed Marylebone bureau she scores strangers by how cheaply they can be left - and she has organised her whole life the same way: know the exit before you enter the room, keep the walls bare, put a number on everyone so no one can ever corner you. Daud Cetin reads a building the way she reads a person - fast, from the hinges, looking for where it's been forced. He takes the job re-keying her basement for one reason: to reach a single sealed file, and learn what the firm sold his brother in the last lonely year of his life. He came for a door. She has a number for everyone but him. What grows between a woman who prices everything and a man who won't be priced is tender, exact, and built on a lie each of them is keeping. Somewhere in her machine sits one honest record - and it points straight back at them both. A literary, slow-burn love story about the cost of leaving, and the far higher cost of staying. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798190211788
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