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The Housekeeper

by Melanie Wallace · 2008

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Both a poetic mediation on landscape and a page-turning thriller, The Housekeeper is the story of teenage runaway Jamie Hall, who finds herself trapped in a town and among its locals, unable to shake the relentless grip of her past. When she encounters a feral young boy and unties him from a tree, she unwittingly instigates a fatal chase that will haunt her for the rest of her life.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 290 pages

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