The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593319154 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 059331915X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 373 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Reese's book club"--Cover. |
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Subject: | Women archivists > Fiction. Haunted houses > Fiction. Spirit possession > Fiction. Ghosts > Fiction. Divorce > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Antiquities > Fiction. Maine > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 5 copies available at York County Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults SUL Fiction (Text) | 34001001467826 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 11/29/2024 |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults SUL Fiction (Text) | 34007002535222 | Adult Area New | On Holds Shelf | - |
Martin Library | Adults SUL Fiction (Text) | 33454006024541 | Atrium | Checked Out | 11/23/2024 |
Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults SUL Fiction (Text) | 34262000928958 | Main Room New | Checked Out | 11/26/2024 |
Village Library | Adults SUL Fiction (Text) | 34215000838411 | Reading Room New | Available | - |