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Note that we're meeting on a *Tuesday* for November, knowing the day before Thanksgiving might be extra busy for folks. This is a new release (coming out October 13), so get those library holds going now. This is our 50th read together!
Join us at Midge's Kitchen (come to the "State Cellar" entrance with a glass door on 15th St.) to talk about it and BYO-whatever.
Description:
"You are about to enter a place of strange genius, possible madness, and timeless love . . .
'The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House . . . rich, thoughtful, terrifying.' -Nicholas Binge, author of Dissolution
An addictive and brilliant puzzle box of a novel following a group of university students who discover an astonishing secret while clearing out a neglected Victorian mansion.
For Alex Lane's wealthy university friends, the summer break stretches out before them, full of promise and fabulous plans. But for Alex, broke as usual, going home is not an option. So when the university offers him an unusual summer job clearing out a dilapidated Victorian mansion, Solace House, he jumps at the chance.
Alex joins an unlikely crew of students, from stoner Clive to uptight, short-tempered Helen, and the extremely peculiar Adam. Alex is particularly drawn to mercurial, red-headed Ella, and as the students begin sorting through piles of old newspapers and magazines, dusty antiques, and esoteric junk, Alex and Ella become enthralled by the elaborate and eerie journals of the house's former owner, Edwin Flayne. In these diaries, Flayne details his obsession with his missing mother and his belief in a mysterious realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions on how it might be reached.
As the students gradually uncover the house's secrets, the rift between those who want to delve further and those who believe they've already gone too far grows ever wider."
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