| Vendor | |
|---|---|
|
Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
| Original language | |
| English | |
| Categories | |
| Weblink | |
| http://www.123oleary.blogspot.ca | |
THE GHOST IN THE HOUSE
For fans of Amy Hempel and Jenny Offill, a debut novel that invites readers to re-evaluate love and damage.
What if you found out that there was a ghost haunting your home? What if you found out that you were the ghost?
What if you found out that there was a ghost haunting your home? What if you found out that you were the ghost?
What if you discovered that there was a ghost haunting your home? What if you found out that you were the
ghost?
In the middle of her life, Fay wakes up on the top of her piano with a strong intuition that something is not right. To all appearances everything is perfect: She is married to a man she loves, they live in the house she dreamt of as a child, her life is f ull of possibility. Except for reasons not immediately clear to Fay she is now
haunting her own once happy home.
Everything in the house that should be familiar appears different. There is also a strange, wan girl roaming around and claiming that she has brought Fay back. But nothing compares to Fay's shock at finding another woman living in her house and sleeping with her husband, Alec. As Fay begins to come to terms with the reality of her situation, she must confront all of the choices she has mad e, as well as those she hasn't and
now never will.
This glimmering and darkly comedic novel explores both the domestic and the existential, delving into the heart of marriage and the meaning of a life.
SARA O'LEARY is the author of a dozen beloved, critically acclaimed books for children, including A Family Is a Family Is a Family, This Is Sadie, Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets, and When You Were Small. A former literary columnist for The Vancouver Sun and CBC Radio, O'Leary has published two collections of short fiction, studied screenwriting at the University of British Columbia and taught creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal. This is her first novel.
ghost?
In the middle of her life, Fay wakes up on the top of her piano with a strong intuition that something is not right. To all appearances everything is perfect: She is married to a man she loves, they live in the house she dreamt of as a child, her life is f ull of possibility. Except for reasons not immediately clear to Fay she is now
haunting her own once happy home.
Everything in the house that should be familiar appears different. There is also a strange, wan girl roaming around and claiming that she has brought Fay back. But nothing compares to Fay's shock at finding another woman living in her house and sleeping with her husband, Alec. As Fay begins to come to terms with the reality of her situation, she must confront all of the choices she has mad e, as well as those she hasn't and
now never will.
This glimmering and darkly comedic novel explores both the domestic and the existential, delving into the heart of marriage and the meaning of a life.
SARA O'LEARY is the author of a dozen beloved, critically acclaimed books for children, including A Family Is a Family Is a Family, This Is Sadie, Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets, and When You Were Small. A former literary columnist for The Vancouver Sun and CBC Radio, O'Leary has published two collections of short fiction, studied screenwriting at the University of British Columbia and taught creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal. This is her first novel.
| Available products |
|---|
|
Book
Published 2020-08-01 by Doubleday Canada |