The Little Stranger
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The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The #1 book of 2009.Several sleepless nights are guaranteed.--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. Its owners--mother, son, and daughter--are struggling to keep pace with a changing society, as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become intimately entwined with his.At the University of Leeds, Sarah Waters is a Lecturer in French Studies. She is a prolific writer on the theory and practice of French social movements, with her most recent book, Social Movements in France: Towards a New Citizenship, published by Palgrave in 2003, receiving high praise.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781594488801 |
| ISBN 10 | 1594488800 |
| Title | The Little Stranger |
| Author | Sarah Waters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Year published | 2009-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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