# The Idea of Perfection

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- Book: [The Idea of Perfection](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-grenville/the-idea-of-perfection) ([The Idea of Perfection.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-grenville/the-idea-of-perfection.md))
- Authors: [Kate Grenville](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-grenville)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4200-285-8
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2003-06-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Harley Savage is a plain woman, a part-time museum curator and quilting expert with three failed marriages and a heart condition. Douglas Cheeseman is a shy, gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, one marriage...