β Scribed by Kate Racculia
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The Darby-Jones boarding house in Ruby Falls, New York, is home to Mona Jones and her daughter, Oneida, two loners and self-declared outcasts who have formed a perfectly insular family unit. But their small, quiet life is upended when Arthur Rook shows up, devastated by the death of his wife, carrying a pink shoe box containing all his wife's mementos including a postcard from sixteen years ago, addressed to Mona but never sent. Slowly the contents of the box begin to fit together to tell a story - one of a powerful friendship, a lost love, and a life altering secret. The truths it brings to light will teach everyone about love - how deeply it runs, how strong it makes us, and how tightly it brings us together. With emotional accuracy and great energy, "This Must Be the Place" introduces memorable, charming characters that refuse to be forgotten.
" 'This Must Be the Place' makes for a lively read as it explores the themes of friendship, love, loss and forgiveness. . . . [T]he author creates subtle moments of poetry by way of everyday objects and lives." -Los Angeles Times"By book's end, readers will know they have unearthed a treasure. Highly recommended for discerning readers." - Library Journal "The author brilliantly captures teenage angst and uncertainty as she conveys some very grown-up truths about the choices we make and the prices we--and others--pay for them. Intelligent, warm-hearted and tough-minded--Racculia is a talent to watch." - Kirkus (starred)
"In "This Must Be the Place" Kate Racculia reveals herself to be a wonderfully witty writer whose vivid characters--young and not so young--are capable of endless surprises. Her absorbing plot and her deep understanding of the connection between past and present make this an affecting and deeply pleasurable novel." --Margot Livesey, author of "The House on Fortune Street"
"What a lovely, utterly endearing book this is--effulgent and alive, peopled with originals, alchemically forging whole souls out of fractured hearts. Kate Racculia tells her tale with the rare, light-winged grace of a natural-born storyteller who finds meaning and beauty in the deliciously strange half-twist."--Beth Kephart, author of "Undercover" and "A Slant of Sun"
"Never has it been more aptly presented than in this engaging novel that love can take us all on unexpected journeys--often when we least expect it. Here is a story that is part mystery, part meditation, part romance, part imperative. It is presented from different points of view: cake-baking Mona, mistress of a boarding house, for whom a long-ago act of love for a friend leads to a complicated romance. Mona's teenage daughter, Oneida, whose tentative forays into love bring her far more than she anticipated. And Arthur, a man widowed too soon, on a path that will lead him to understand who his young w
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