Starling House: A Reese's Book Club Pick by Alix E. Harrow (English) Paperback B

Description: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESES BOOK CLUB PICK This trade paperback edition features beautiful purple sprayed edges and a bonus short story that reaches beyond the houses gnarly, tangled gates... "This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting--plus, characters willing to risk everything." --Reese Witherspoon (Reeses Book Club October 23 Pick)Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house Ive never seen.... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, shes determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors--and her home. Everyone agrees that its best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I dont hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brothers escape fund--she cant resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthurs own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, Im home. And now shell have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare. A Book of the Month Club PickAn October 2023 Indie Next PickA LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame PickApple, Best Books of OctoberEW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023Washington Post, Noteworthy Books for OctoberPaste Magazine, The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023Observer, Must-Read Books of Fall 2023Polygon, 12 Best New SFF for the FallLitHub, Octobers Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy BooksBookish, Octobers Most-Anticipated BooksGizmodo, Octobers Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Alix E. Harrow is the Hugo Award winning author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and various short fiction. Her Fractured Fables series, beginning with the novella A Spindle Splintered, has been praised for its refreshing twist on familiar fairy tales. A former academic and adjunct, Harrow lives in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids Review "This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting--plus, characters willing to risk everything." --Reese Witherspoon (Reeses Book Club October 23 Pick) "Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent, and Starling House, with its gentle reassurances of the homes we make and the love we deserve, is more than satisfying. Its pure loveliness in book form." --Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six "Gorgeous, poignant, and honest--an unforgettable read." --Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter "As knife-edged and sharp as its protagonist...A smart, spectacular contemporary Gothic that will leave its roots in you and linger in your dreams." --Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians "Harrows lyrical prose propels this contemporary Southern gothic, offering an atmospheric fairy tale with delightfully jagged-edged characters." -EW.com "From Ten Thousand Doors of January to A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow is a fantasy author who just does not miss. This magical, heartfelt haunted house tale is no different." --Paste Magazine "As sumptuous and romantic as it is sinister, Alix E. Harrows foray into Southern gothic literature is a perfect book to ring in the start of spooky season." -Polygon "Harrows The Ten Thousand Doors of January is one of those books where people whove read it fall all over themselves to push into other readers hands (I am one such person) and her growing legion of devoted readers will be happy to know that Starling House is a full-bore masterpiece." -LitHub "Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fictions most memorable haunted houses."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Harrows mash-up of twisted fairy tales and Southern gothic fiction is a haunting story of longing, lies, and generational curses." --Library Journal, starred review Praise for Alix E. Harrow "Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories, and the realm-cracking power of words." --Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January "One of the most unique works of fiction Ive ever read." --Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January "I couldnt put it down." --Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January "One for the favorites shelf... Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page." --NPR on The Ten Thousand Doors of January "A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love." --Kirkus Reviews on The Ten Thousand Doors of January "A breathtaking book-brilliant and raw and dark and complicated. Its also, to be blunt, uncannily relevant." --Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for Liars, on The Once and Future Witches "This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen." --P. Djèlí Clark, author of The Black Gods Drums, on The Once and Future Witches "This is a delightful, satisfying novel, a tale of womens battle for equality, of fairy tales twisted into wonderfully witchy spells, of magics both large and small, and history re-imagined. All of it is told in Alix Harrows exquisite language and with her vivid characterizations-a great pleasure to read." --Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches, on The Once and Future Witches "A brilliant dazzle of a book. This story of sisters and witches, memory and power cracked open my heart and set down roots there. I devoured it in enormous gulps, and utterly loved it." --Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians, on The Once and Future Witches"A love letter to folklore and the rebellious women of history." --Publishers Weekly, on The Once and Future Witches Details ISBN1250799066 Author Alix E. Harrow Pages 336 Publisher St Martins Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781250799067 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-10-01 Imprint St Martins Press Subtitle A Reeses Book Club Pick Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.6 Audience General US Release Date 2024-10-01 Language English ISBN-10 1250799066 UK Release Date 2024-10-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161561687;

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