Hugo & Rose: A Novel
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Rose is disappointed with her life, though she has no reason to be - she has a beautiful family and a perfectly nice house in the suburbs. But to Rose, this ordinary life feels overshadowed by her other life - the one she leads every night in her dreams.
After a childhood accident, Rose's dreams take her to a wondrous island fraught with adventure. On this island, she has never been alone: she shares it with Hugo, a brave boy who's grown up with her into a hero of a man. But when Rose stumbles across Hugo in real life, both her real and dream worlds are changed forever. Here is the man who has shared all of her incredible adventures in impossible places, who grew up with her, even if they aren't what either one imagined. Their chance encounter begins a cascade of questions, lies, and a dangerous obsession that threatens to topple everything she knows. Is she willing to let go of everything she holds dear to understand their extraordinary connection? And will it lead her to discover who she truly wants to be?
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Bridget Foley. (2015). Hugo & Rose: A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bridget Foley. 2015. Hugo & Rose: A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bridget Foley, Hugo & Rose: A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bridget Foley. Hugo & Rose: A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015.
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Rose is disappointed with her life, though she has no reason to be - she has a beautiful family and a perfectly nice house in the suburbs. But to Rose, this ordinary life feels overshadowed by her other life - the one she leads every night in her dreams.
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- source: David Levithan, author of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
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"Masterful...a dark, compelling mix of domestic nightmare and transcendent dreamscape. If you are in the mood for a thriller with genuine thrills, check it out."
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- content: "Foley's debut is an inventive, cinematic domestic novel filled with Wizard of Oz–like dreams."
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- source: Sheldon Turner, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Up In The Air
- content: "Gripping from the start, HUGO & ROSE seamlessly intertwines the real and the subconscious into an exciting and engrossing tale teeming with imagination."
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- source: Jen Lancaster, New York Times bestselling author of Bitter is the New Black
- content: "Vibrantly imagined and flawlessly executed, Bridget Foley's HUGO & ROSE is a book that will stay with the reader long after finishing it. Unique and heartfelt, this story is riveting and unexpected in its examination of what happens when dreams and reality collide. Buy a copy for you mom, your sister, and your best friend because HUGO & ROSE captures the kind of magic you'll want to share."
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June 1, 2015
Foley's debut is an inventive, cinematic domestic novel filled with Wizard of Ozâlike dreams. Unhappy protagonist Rose is married to Josh, a trauma surgeon, with three small children: Isaac, Adam, and toddler Penny. Rose and her family live in "a shitty small town in eastern Colorado" where she drives a minivan, takes her kids to soccer games, and bemoans Josh's long hours at work. As a six-year-old, she suffered a serious bicycle mishap that precipitated her lifelong dreams of an imaginary play companion she calls Hugo, and of their quest to reach the Crystal City (Ã la Emerald City). By strange happenstance, she bumps into the real-life Hugo, who goes by the name David. Something of a loser, he works at a fast food chain restaurant called Orange Tastee and is divorced, with his ex and daughter, Rosalie, now residing in Fort Lauderdale. Rose obsesses over Hugo both in her dreams and her daily life, and the plot takes a more sinister turn when she suspects he intends to do harm to her and her family. Desperate to rescue his distressed wife, Josh gives her a variety of sleep medications. The old Hugo-and-Rose dreams continue to besiege her as she tries to come to grips with her inner turmoil. Foley's novel is interesting enough for its strange premise, but readers may have trouble discerning just how all the pieces fit together.
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A debut novel that uses the world of dreams to upend the life of an otherwise ordinary housewife. Since Rose was 6 years old she has dreamed every night of the same place: a magical island on which the only other person is a boy named Hugo. In her dreams, Hugo and Rose grow into adults at the same rate that Rose grows in real life, but everything else on the island stays much the same, and they adventure blissfully together each time she sleeps. But by the time Rose is a mother with three small children and a surgeon husband who is rarely home, she starts to resent her waking life. On the island, she's still svelte, energetic, and happy-her best self. At home, she's overweight, overworked, and overtired. On a particularly rough day, when nothing is going well, she chances upon Hugo in the real world. Like Rose, this version of Hugo bears the markings of real life-he is older, paunchy, and has glasses. But Rose knows it's him and soon he knows it's her, as well. The two discover that the dreams have been shared all along. A more pastoral-minded author might take this twist in its obvious, romantic direction, but Foley makes it clear that there will be no easy way out of this surprising clash of lives; both Rose's dreams and her waking life take on dark, unsettling elements. None of the adults in this book-Hugo, Rose, or Rose's husband, Josh-behave particularly thoughtfully or well, which contributes high drama but makes them difficult to root for. Rose, especially, is a character that things happen to, even on the island, and her lack of agency is frustrating. But the island itself is a strikingly believable dreamscape, and the passages that take place there have a satisfying flavor. Despite a tendency to dwell on emotional explanations, Foley delivers a compelling tale.
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In her waking life, Rose is a put-upon suburban housewife and mother of three whose surgeon-husband is loving but overworked. In her vivid dreams, she is a brave young girl on a deserted island who battles dangerous creatures alongside her dashing best friend, Hugo. Rose has visited this dream world each night ever since a traumatic childhood accident put her in a coma. Now on yet another dreary weekend outing with her children, she encounters a grown-up version of Hugo. This chance meeting reveals the bizarre fact that these strangers have shared the same dreams for years. As Rose and Hugo explore this unlikely connection, their mysterious bond puts everything in their real lives in jeopardy. Debut-novelist Foley, a screenwriter, brings a cinematic sensibility to both fantastical descriptions of the dream island and depictions of the mundane real world. The contrast can be jarring as it underscores Rose's persistent ennui. Foley's imaginative and insightful novel will hold readers spellbound as it builds to a stunning conclusion.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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