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Description
One morning in the late 1980s, a group of young cousins wander deep into the woods on their family’s property, drawn in by uncanny visions and the disappearance of one of their own—finding, in this thrilling New England gothic, that the farther they go, the stranger their surroundings become. Lingering at the edge of a family party, a troop of cousins loses track of the youngest child among them. With their parents preoccupied with bickering about decades-old crises, the children decide they must set out to investigate themselves—to the rickety chicken coop, the barn and its two troublesome horses, and into the woods that once comprised their late grandmother’s property. The more the children search, and the deeper they walk, the more threatening the woods become and the more lost they are, caught between their aunt’s home in the present day, their parents’ childhood home just through the trees, and the memory of the house their grandmother grew up in. Soon, what began as a quest for answers gives way to a journey that undermines everything they’ve been told about who they are, where they came from, and what they deserve. Disquieting and delightful, Idle Grounds is a rich exploration of the interior lives of children and a gripping meditation on birthright, decline, and weight of family history. A fable of the distortions of privilege and the impossibility of keeping secrets hidden, this is a novel about straying from home—only to come back unraveled, unsettled, and irrevocably changed. Read more
Publisher : Scribner (February 11, 2025)
Language : English
Hardcover : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1668070456
ISBN-13 : 51
Item Weight : 10.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.38 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #170,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,715 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #11,752 in Literary Fiction (Books) #14,318 in Suspense Thrillers
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