The change : a novel

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Title:

The change : a novel

Alternate title:

Change : It's not over. It's time.

Author:

Miller, Kirsten, 1973- author.

Summary:

Widowed, with her twin daughters leaving for college, Nessa James is alone in her house by the ocean. When the former nurse begins to hear voices, she realizes they belong to the dead--a gift she inherited from her grandmother. After her career and marriage implode, Harriet Osborne doesn't leave her house--but undergoes a stunning metamorphosis. Jo Levison has spent thirty years at war with her body--until she learns she can channel the rage and hot flashes. When the three women discover the body of a teenage girl beside a remote beach, their investigation leads to more bodies--and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave. And their newfound powers allow them to take matters into their own hands. -- Adapted from jacket

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

470 pages ; 24 cm

Genre:

Paranormal fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Middle-aged women -- Fiction.

Psychic ability -- Fiction.

Revenge -- Fiction.

Midlife crisis -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Long Island (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9780063144040

Publication Information:

New York, NY : William Morrow, [2022]

Call Number:

MILLER

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003532465	Adult Fiction	MILLER Kirsten	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

"The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." --Emily Henry

Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick--a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers--putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.

"A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You'll love it."--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes

"Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review)

In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment...

After Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she's left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead--a gift she's inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities.

On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett's life is far from over--in fact, she's undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis.

Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw--until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.

Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don't apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands...

Author Notes

Kirsten Miller is an American novelist and the creator of the Kiki Strike book series. Her first book, Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City came out in 2006, The Empress's Tomb, came out in October 2007. Her new book, The Eternal Ones, was released in August 2010.

Kirsten Miller lives and works in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Miller, author of the Kiki Strike YA series, triumphs with her adult debut about three women who discover supernatural abilities during menopause, which they use to avenge murdered teenage girls in the New York beach town of Mattuck. Just as retired nurse Nessa James becomes fast friends with gym owner Jo Levison, Nessa realizes she can see ghosts again. When she was a child, her grandmother told her she had a gift, and that she'd be called upon later in life to use it, along with other similarly gifted women. Nessa intuitively seeks out unapologetic Harriett Osborne, a former ad executive who was pushed out of her career and now cultivates toxic plants like wolfsbane. Along with Jo, who can summon her fury and channel it into fiery strength, the trio attempt to bring peace to three ghosts Nessa encounters on the beach near Culling Pointe, where the billionaires live. After a client at Jo's gym starts leaving clues about one of the ghosts, the trio is let down by police detectives who make their own motives clear. To say anything further would spoil this tightly plotted page-turner. Miller's book is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash. (May)

Library Journal Review

Widowed empty-nester Nessa James begins hearing voices and realizes that like her foremothers she can commune with the dead. Harriett Osborne remains indoors after both career and marriage crash, undergoing an extraordinary transformation. Former executive Jo Levison has always felt tortured by her body but realizes with menopause that she's found a special power she can deploy. The three join forces, guided by Nessa's voices, to discover the truth about a teenage girl whose body was cruelly dumped on a Long Island beach. From top feminist YA author Miller ("Kiki Strike" series); with a 150,00-copy first printing.