Includes Reader's Guide with discussion questions.
Summary:
"A twisty and propulsive read, this dark contemporary novel of sibling rivalry, love, betrayal, and the dire consequences of family fallout brilliantly plays on human fears of loneliness and abandonment"-- Provided by publisher. Mac, a retired academic and writer, is working on a new collection inspired by local legends. At the insistence of her son, Arthur, she hires a young assistant, Lucie, to live in a cottage on her property and help her transcribe them. Against the creaking presence of an ancient water mill that used to grind wheat into flour-- and haunted by the local legend of two long-dead sisters-- the two women are determined to keep their own complicated secrets. -- adapted from back cover
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