The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts: A Novel

ISBN: 1963108698

Author: Fu, Kim

Condition: New

A Belletrist Book Club PickNamed a Best Book by The New York Times, Chicago Review of Books, Ms., Atla Journal and moreA Most Anticipated Book of 2026 from TIME, Book Riot, and Chicago Review of BooksFrom the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century comes The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts-an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.In the aftermath of her mother's death, Eleanor is unmoored. For years, her mother orchestrated every detail of her life-from meals, to laundry, to finances-so that Eleanor could focus on her career as a therapist. Left to navigate the world on her own, Eleanor clings to her mothers final directive: use her inheritance to buy a house.Desperate to obey her mother one last time, but finding few options she can afford, Eleanor impulsively buys a model home in a valley-turned-construction site, a picturesque development steeped in a shadowy history. It feels like a fresh start, until the rain comes-an endless, torrential downpour. As water seeps in through the houses cracks, the line between what is real and what is not begins to blur. Haunted by the stories of her clients, a stream of workmen and bureaucrats she cant trust, and visions of ghosts from her past and present, Eleanors reality unravels, and she is forced to reckon with the secrets shes buried and the dark choices shes made.