02317cam a2200361 i 4500 1549213946 TxAuBib 20240830120000.0 230717s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023028063 9780593319154 $29.00 059331915X $29.00 TxAuBib rda Sullivan, J. Courtney, author. The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. 373 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reese's book club Reese's book club "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. 20240830. Women archivists Fiction. Haunted houses Fiction. Spirit possession Fiction. Maine Fiction. Reese's book club. Reese's book club. TXKIP