Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.

Summary:
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.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Reese's book club"--Cover.
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.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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 -


Additional Resources