β Scribed by Cecelia Ahern
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Sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwinβs life is upended when her wealthy father commits suicide after realizing he canβt pay his debts. Tamara and her devastated mother are forced to move from a Dublin suburb to the countryside to live with Tamaraβs aunt and uncle, Rosaleen and Arthur. Tamara chafes under Rosaleenβs domineering personality when her aunt tries to keep Tamara from seeing her depressed, isolated mother. Frustrated, Tamara ventures out of the house, exploring the ruins of the castle Arthur cares for and meeting the locals, including a sprightly nun and a handsome young man who drives around in a traveling library. Tamara comes across a book in the library that captures her attention. Its pages are initially blank, then they start to fill with Tamaraβs own thoughts from the following day. Realizing she is able to not only read the future but change it, Tamara uses the diary to unravel the mystery at work in her new home. A veritable modern-day Gothic, Ahernβs (The Gift, 2009) engrossing new novel is filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty. --Kristine Huntley
β[Ahern] takes a more gothic turn in her latest, recasting herself as a lost Bronte sister for the Facebook set. . . . Lovers of stories involving crumbling castles, nefarious family secrets . . . will be ecstatic.β (Entertainment Weekly )
βA veritable modern-day Gothic, Ahernβs engrossing new novel is filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty.β (Booklist )
βAhernβs tale-spinning prowess keeps the reader riveted.β (Publishers Weekly )
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