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008 160625s2017 nyu 000 1 eng d
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019 _a952368704
020 _a9780062562623
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_q(paperback)
035 _a(OCoLC)952386911
_z(OCoLC)952368704
092 _aGoodman,
_bCarol
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aGoodman, Carol,
_eauthor.
_962401
245 1 4 _aThe widow's house /
_cCarol Goodman.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2017]
300 _a333, 6 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes a reading group guide.
500 _a"P.S. Insights, Interviews & More..."--Cover.
520 _aWhen Jess and Clare Martin move from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to their former college town in the Hudson River valley, they are hoping for rejuvenation -- of their marriage, their savings, and Jess's writing career. They take a caretaker's job at Riven House, a crumbling estate and the home of their old college writing professor. While Clare once had dreams of being a writer, those plans fell by the wayside when Jess made a big, splashy literary debut in their twenties. It's been years, now, since his first novel. The advance has long been spent. Clare's hope is that the pastoral beauty and nostalgia of the Hudson Valley will offer some inspiration. But their new life isn't all quaint town libraries and fragrant apple orchards. There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil. Something is just not right. Soon, Clare begins to hear babies crying at night, see strange figures in fog at the edge of their property. Diving into the history of the area, she realizes that Riven House has a dark and anguished past. And whatever this thing is -- this menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate -- it seems to be after Clare next…
650 0 _aAuthors
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aMarried people
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aHaunted houses
_vFiction.
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655 7 _aThrillers (Fiction)
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