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001			on1263339684
003			OCoLC
005			20220708085823.0
008			220128s2022 nyu e 000 1 eng
010			_a 2022003289
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dON8 _dRNL _dIH9 _dNFG
020			_a9781250272065 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1250272068 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1263339684
042			_apcc
043			_ae-fr---
092			_aWYNNE, _bPHOEBE
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aWynne, Phoebe, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe ruins / _cPhoebe Wynne.
250			_aFirst Edition.
263			_a2207
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2022.
300			_a326 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins is a suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and Atonement, pitched against the sun-soaked backdrop of a summer holiday on the French Riviera. Welcome to the Chateau des Sètes, a jewel of the Cote d'Azur, where long summer days bring ease, glamour, and decadence to the holidaymakers who can afford it. Ruby Ashby adores her parents' house in France, but this August, everything feels different. Unexpected guests have descended upon the chateau--friends of her parents, and their daughters-and they are keen to enjoy the hot, extravagant summer holiday to its fullest potential. Far from England, safe in their wealth and privilege, the adults revel in bad behavior without consequence, while the girls are treated as playthings or abandoned to their own devices. But despite languid days spent poolside and long nights spent drinking, a simmering tension is growing between the families, and the sanctuary that Ruby cherishes soon starts to feel like a gilded cage. Over two decades later the chateau is for sale, its days of splendor and luxury long gone, leaving behind a terrible history and an ugly legacy. A young widow has returned to France, wanting to purchase the chateau, despite her shocking memories of what transpired that fateful summer. But there is another person who is equally haunted by the chateau, and who also seeks to reclaim it. Who will set the chateau free--and who will become yet another of its victims? With riveting psychological complexity, The Ruins captures the glittering allure of the Mediterranean-and the dark shadows that wait beneath the surface"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen _vFiction. _948213
650		0	_aFamily secrets _vFiction. _989597
650		0	_aVacations _vFiction. _913926
650		0	_aVacation homes _zFrance _zRiviera _vFiction.
650		0	_aChild sexual abuse _vFiction. _968623
651		0	_aRiviera (France) _vFiction. _968851
655		7	_aGothic fiction. _2lcgft _927119
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2lcgft _921488
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c349690 _d349690