The Children

A Novel

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<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA <i>TODAY </i>SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK</b></p><p><b>“Enchantingly sinister. . . a Gothic thriller, with a frisson of magic.” —Jennifer Harlan,</b> <i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i></p><p><b>“An extraordinary book. It’s a page-turner, full of mystery, but that’s the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. <i>The Children </i>reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best.” —Stephen King</b></p><p><b>The haunting new novel from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Melissa Albert, in which the estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series, must contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory, and magic.</b></p><p>Guinevere Sharpe has two childhoods.</p><p>In one, she and her brother, Ennis, live in the wooded shadow of their family's isolated Vermont farmhouse; in the other, the pages of their mother’s world-famous Ninth City books, where their magical adventures have made them household names. In reality, Guinevere's childhood isn't the enchanted idyll her mother’s readers imagine: she and Ennis are growing up near-feral, unwashed and underfed, escaping each day to the wild woods they’ve made their playland. As Edith Sharpe’s books explode into epic popularity, the threats of a rural childhood give way to the escalating perils of fame—until the night it all goes up in flames, leaving Edith’s series unfinished and her children the sole survivors.</p><p>Now an adult coasting on her mother's name, Guinevere is mid-promotion for a ghostwritten memoir when her estranged brother, an artist who has until now spurned his family's legacy, announces an upcoming installation titled, simply, <i>Mother</i>. As rumors swirl around a death connected to his last show, unsettling recollections from Guinevere’s childhood begin to surface. Her public facade starts to crack, forcing her to confront the questions she's spent the last twenty years running from: What really h

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063487437

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

234 x 159 x 33 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA