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Barcode37821002520654
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.
AuthorSullivan, J. Courtney, author.
Call NoFIC SUL
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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FIC SUL Due on 9/13/2024  

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593319154
International Standard Book Number 059331915X
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6
Personal Name Sullivan, J. Courtney, author.
Title Statement The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Physical Description 373 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Statement Reese's book club.
General Note Subtitle from cover.
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.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Antiquities Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Children Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Ghosts Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Missing persons Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Divorce Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Maine History Fiction.