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Location	Oakland
Call No	F SUL
Title	The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.
Author	Sullivan, J. Courtney, author.
Barcode	529227
Collection	Fiction
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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Copies

Location	Status	Barcode	Call No	Collection	Shelf Loc	Circ Status
Oakland		529227	F SUL	Fiction	New Shelf	Available

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number	9780593319154 : $29.00
International Standard Book Number	059331915X : $29.00
Dewey Decimal Classification Number	813/.6 23/eng/20230717
Personal Name	Sullivan, J. Courtney, author.
Title Statement	The cliffs / J. Courtney Sullivan.
Edition Statement	First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Physical Description	373 p. Hardcover 25 cm.
Content Type	text txt rdacontent
Media Type	unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type	volume nc rdacarrier
Series Statement	Reese's book club
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	Haunted houses Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Spirit possession Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Women archivists Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term	Maine Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form	Novels. lcgft
Series Added Entry-Uniform Title	Reese's book club.