CULTURE EDITION
J COURTNEY SULLIVAN THE CLIFFS Jane Flanagan has been fascinated by the house on the hill since her childhood: the then-purple, then-abandoned mansion has always perched on the cliffs overlooking Awadapquit, the small Maine town where she grew up. Its dilapidated walls became a haven for her as a teenager, providing sanctuary from a turbulent home life. Now in her early 40s and working her dream job in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, an archive dedicated to the history of American women, Jane returns to Awadapquit to support her sister after their mother’s recent death. What her sister and the rest of the town don’t know is that Jane’s career is in tatters and her husband of ten years has just asked for a break. Up above the town, the once-crumbling mansion on the cliffs is now being whipped into shape by blow-in Genevieve and her rich-yet-absent husband. Both Jane and the house are concealing damaging, haunting truths that will get the better of them, and everyone, if not brought to light. In equal parts ghost story, historical mystery and feminist awakening, The Cliffs is a compelling tale about the danger of disturbing the past and the importance of knowing where you come from.
HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL J Courtney Sullivan weaves a tantalising tale in her new mystery novel
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