Goodnight Stranger: A Novel

ISBN: 0778309800

Author: Bay Gault, Miciah

Condition: New

Somewhere the ghosts of Shirley Jackson and the Henry James of The Turn of the Screw are smiling, because a wildly talented young writer has joined their lineage.- George Saunders, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the BardoOne of the best literary thrillers youll read this year, I was hooked from page one. - CosmopolitanEntertainment Weeklys New Books to Read in July Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Poets & Writers Annual Debut Fiction RoundupLydia and Lucas Moore are in their late twenties when a stranger enters their small world on Wolf Island. Lydia, the responsible sister, has cared for her pathologically shy brother, Lucas, ever since their moms death a decade before. They live together, comfortable yet confined, in their family house by the sea, shadowed by events from their childhood.When Lydia sees the stranger step off the ferry, she feels an immediate connection to him. Lucas is convinced the man, Cole Anthony, is the reincarnation of their baby brother, who died when they were young. Cole knows their mannerisms, their home, the topography of the island-what else could that mean? Though Lydia is doubtful, she cant deny she is drawn to his magnetism, his energy, and his warmth.To discover the truth about Cole, Lydia must finally face her anxiety about leaving the island and summon the strength to challenge Coles grip on her familys past and her brother. A deliciously alluring read, Goodnight Stranger is a story of choices and regrets, courage and loneliness, and the ways we hold on to those we love.