| International Standard Book Number |
9780593319154
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| International Standard Book Number |
059331915X
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| Personal Name |
Sullivan, J. Courtney, author.
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| Title Statement |
The cliffs : a novel / J. Courtney Sullivan.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
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| Physical Description |
373 pages ; 25 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Reese's book club.
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| General Note |
Subtitle from cover.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The crumbling Victorian had been abandoned long before Jane ever discovered it as a child. It was painted a sweet violet color, and the gingerbread trim was blue and green, but inside was shambles--broken glass, a dollhouse ravaged by mice, bedsheets twisted as though someone had left in a hurry. Still, the house became a hideaway whenever Jane needed to escape her volatile mother. Twenty years later, now a Harvard archivist, she returns home to Maine following the dissolution of her marriage and is horrified to find the Victorian is barely recognizable. A rich lady from Beacon Hill has gutted it, and in its place stands a glossy white mansion straight out of a shelter magazine. But the home's new owner is unhappy. Her young son claims to have been speaking to the ghost of a child, and she keeps finding marbles on the floor. Troubled that she might have done something to anger the spirit world, a concept Jane dismisses as daffy, the wealthy woman hires her to research the land. The story Jane uncovers--of husbands lost at sea, wives mourning along the cliffs, historical artifacts stolen and sold, lovers secreted away, and, at the center of it all, a tale of colonialism--is as old as Maine itself."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Missing persons Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Children Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Ghosts Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Divorce Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Antiquities Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Maine History Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Series Added Entry-Uniform Title |
Reese's book club.
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