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The invited / Jennifer McMahon.
In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter. Nearly a century later, a young married couple, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia to begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams on the same forty-four acres of rural land where Hattie once lived. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by Hattie's story and the tragic legend of her descendants, three generations of "Breckenridge women," each of whom died amid suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something elusive and dangerous in the present day.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385687065
- Physical Description: 353 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Haunted houses > Fiction. Hanging > Fiction. Dwellings > Fiction. Country life > Fiction. Vermont > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Ghost stories. Supernatural thrillers. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Grand Forks and District Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Grand Forks | FIC MCM (Text) | 35142002681012 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-01 |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC MCM (Text) | 35146002141216 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC MCM (Text)
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35140001078453 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC MCMA (Text) | 30886001065453 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Quesnel Branch | MCM (Text) | 33923006113413 | Paranormal | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | F MCMA (Text) | 33260100030916 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF MCMAH (Text) | TRL26175 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Williams Lake Branch | MCM (Text) | 33923006113421 | Suspense | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Random House, Inc.
A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house, they start building one from scratch, without knowing it, until it's too late . . .
In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia and their teaching jobs to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago. As Helen starts carefully sourcing decorative building materials for her home--wooden beams, mantles, historic bricks--she starts to unearth, and literally conjure, the tragic lives of Hattie's descendants, three generations of "Breckenridge women," each of whom died amidst suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something precious and elusive in the present day.
