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Publisher's summary
The author of the “evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp” (Bustle) I’m Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the “short, shocking” (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of suspense following an elderly woman trapped in a mysterious facility.
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”
Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny—with a growing sense of unrest and distrust—starts to lose her grip on the passage of time and on her place in the world. Is she succumbing to the subtly destructive effects of aging or is she an unknowing participant in something more unsettling?
At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s “exquisite novel of psychological suspense” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.
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Welcome to the Chapel House, the old oceanfront mansion where a group of close friends share their hopes and dreams and where love is sometimes an unexpected guest. Heartfelt and deeply moving, Private Relations won the 1989 RITA Award for Best Single Title Contemporary Novel from the Romance Writers of America.
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What???
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The Hollow
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When Abbey’s best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead, and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen’s funeral, and who keeps reappearing in Abbey’s life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he’s the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again.
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Slow
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By: Jessica Verday
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Call Me Zelda
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- Narrated by: Amy Landon
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From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.
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If you want to read about Zelda and Scott, move on
- By Leahmgordon on 11-14-17
By: Erika Robuck
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Love Saves the Day
- By: Gwen Cooper
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When five-week-old Prudence, a brown tabby, meets a woman named Sarah in a deserted construction site on Manhattan's Lower East Side, she knows she's found the human she was meant to adopt. For three years their lives are filled with laughter, tuna, catnaps, music, and the unchanging routines Prudence craves. Then one day Sarah doesn't come home. From Prudence's perch on the windowsill she sees Laura, the daughter who hardly ever comes to visit Sarah, arrive with her new husband. They're carrying boxes.
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Sweet Story!
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By: Gwen Cooper
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The Daughter
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Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon. But when her youngest child, 15-year-old Naomi, doesn't come home after her school play, Jenny's seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. The authorities launch a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken.
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BORING...
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The Name of the Star
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The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city - gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific work of Jack the Ripper in the autumn of 1888. Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect.
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Paranormal Ripper-Related YA
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The Last to Let Go
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How do you let go of something you've never had? Junior year for Brooke Winters is supposed to be about change. She's transferring schools, starting fresh, and making plans for college so she can finally leave her hometown, her family, and her past behind. But all of her dreams are shattered one hot summer afternoon when her mother is arrested for killing Brooke's abusive father. No one really knows what happened that day, if it was premeditated or self-defense, whether it was right or wrong. And now Brooke and her siblings are on their own.
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It's slow
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Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House—the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago—until she receives a letter from her aunt, asking her to return to take part in an annual tradition: the Christmas Game. The challenge? Solve twelve clues to find twelve keys. The prize? The deeds to the manor house. Lily has no desire to win the house. But her aunt makes one more promise: The clues will also reveal who really killed Lily's mother all those years ago.
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This recipe just doesn’t work.
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The Other Mother
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Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami, who arrives at Brown University on a scholarship—but also to learn more about his late father, Jasper Patterson, a famous ballet dancer who died tragically when Jenry was two. On his search, he meets his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a legendary professor of African American history and a fixture at the Ivy League school, who explodes his world with one question: Why is Jenry so focused on Jasper, when it was Winston’s daughter, Juliet, who was Jenry’s mother’s lover?
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Very good.
- By Roland Harper on 05-22-22
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Tell the Wolves I’m Home
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1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life - someone who will help her to heal....
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worst protagonist ever
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Despite the Falling Snow
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Now a major motion picture. After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander Ivanov has lived in America for 40 years and has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his charismatic late wife, Katya - or so he believes. For into his life come two women - one who will start to open up the heart he has protected for so long; another who is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to Katya all those years ago.
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Beautiful snow fall
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Secret Smile
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Miranda's sister Kerri has a new boyfriend. He's a handsome charmer who seems to dote on Kerri. But Brendan isn't the man he says he is. Miranda should know. She broke off her own affair with him just a few weeks ago when she found him reading her diary.
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I want my 9 hours back
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By: Nicci French
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- Chris C.
- 09-27-23
If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.
You have to go into this with an open mind. I feel as though sometimes people want to be spoon fed the meanings behind stories. This is a simple story. But the meaning behind it is so much greater. The fact that it is narrated by the subject is important. We are only given her perspective. Our reality is what she gives us because it’s what she is experiencing. Stop looking for a great ‘ah-ha’ moment. This story is a slow burn of sadness.
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Not what I was expecting, very thought provoking
This isn’t what I expected but I really enjoyed it. A lot of things are left up to interpretation in the ending of this, but I believe that is the point as that’s what it’s like for someone whose mind is betraying them with progressive dementia. You’re reading from Penny’s perspective who is going through the inevitable real-life horror of a decaying mind and just how scary it feels to no longer be able to fully rely on yourself. As someone who works in a nursing home, I read this fully from the perspective that dementia was the only thing sinister happening. But there could have definitely been something more going on. It seemed suspicious that all of the residents there didn’t have any living relatives.
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- Keijon Ford
- 01-13-23
Suspenseful and heartfelt
A little creepy, very sad and melancholic. I really cared for Penny and felt her confusion.
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- S. Winston
- 12-24-22
Not sure what to think
Loved the performance in all its creepiness. But not sure what happened . I expected a mystery to unfold.
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- Loribella1105
- 02-26-23
A Brilliant Story!
Twists and turns all throughout. Dementia and it’s horrific collapse of the mind written in a heartwarming, warm and thrilling way. Recommend to anyone who is wondering how dementia attacks your cognitive mind.
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- Anonymous User
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I liked just not enough
The issue I had is that the storyline was spelled out to the reader. the mystery of it all was revealed early on so it became boring. Slower pace without mystery any more I finished listening out of stubbornness not pleasure. I did enjoy the portrayal of the 'elderly'. it was not stereotypical, and it was closer to how older people feel. That part was awesome. it was ok but I would of purchased something else in retrospect.
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- Joshua Chavez
- 10-03-22
To the fans of Iain Reid.
This review begins with a story. To skip the actual review, look for the sentence that begins in ALL CAPS.
I was wondering the endless aisles of Comic Con San Diego in July when I happened upon a Simon and Schuster booth. I was handed a pamphlet with the events they were having throughout the weekend. Some random book giveaways, authors that I haven’t read from, etc. Until I got to their Sunday event. They would be hanging out advance reader copies of We Spread, Iain Reid’s newest novel. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is my favorite novel of all time. (I read several books a week, nothing has topped the experience I had reading that novel for the first time). Long story short, Sunday was the only day I didn’t have a pass for, I was devastated. A lady at the booth asked me what kind of stuff I like to read. I told her all about how Iain Reid is one of my favorite writers, how sad I was that I was going to miss getting an arc copy of his newest book. She looked me dead in the eye for a few seconds. We had been wearing masks in the convention center, but I could see a smile grow from behind hers. She turned and ran back to a door and opened it. There was a small room that contained several boxes of books. About a minute later, she comes back with not one, but two ARC copies of We Spread. I felt like I had won the lottery. This was my first Comic Con, but the only thing I wanted to do was run home and crack open that book. We Spread will forever be associated with that memory, and for this, it will always hold a special place in my heart.
WITH ALL THAT SAID. There’s something about this one that simply didn’t click with me as well as IToET or Foe. I’m not sure if it was the character of Penny, the situation, or the antagonist. Something held me back from absolutely loving this.
The novel itself is written with (what I can only estimate) is a single space gap between each paragraph. Like someone hit tab twice before starting every paragraph. This was FASCINATING to see. I’m not exactly sure why he chose to do this, but he did similar things in his previous novels to foreshadow or to flash forward. This was different, but it didn’t hit the same. It made me go, “Huh, that’s neat.” Which is fine, but again, it didn’t feel as important a detail as his previous works. I could have easily missed what his intentions were for that stylistic choice, but, for now, I gotta stick with this gut feeling.
The writing is as clean as we’ve come to expect from Reid. If this were the physical copy, it would be a page turner. He is better than most authors in his readability skills. The voice actress was quite good, however I feel the source material held her back instead of propelled her forward. (In contrast with IToET, which I feel elevated her performance)
With that said. The beginning of the novel made me feel icky. I felt dusty, decrepit, and worn out. Reid has captured the feeling of growing old better than most novelists I have come across. It’s not often that reading a books makes me feel like I need to take a shower. IToET feels like depression, Foe feels like Paranoia, We Spread feels like sheer and utter loneliness. It is Kaufman-esque in that way. I almost wanted a reprieve from that feeling, but it never seems to let up. Which isn’t a negative per se, he definitely got his point across.
All of this to say, my favorite thing about this book was talking about it afterwards with my brother and girlfriend (who read the Arc copies). This one might be the most open to interpretation in his bibliography. Every word is important, every moment has its purpose. Who knows, maybe I’ll grow on this, but for now, this feels right.
For fans of Iain Reid, check this out, please. Few things come out that are as unique as this.
Last thing!
I’ll need to double check this, but I think the arc copy didn’t have a number of scenes that this one did. Made for a fun experience.
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- Melanie G
- 01-03-24
Vaguely Interesting and Slightly Annoying
I wonder if the author wrote the protagonist to be as whiny as she came across when it was read by the narrator. It was hard to care for any of the people in the story, but maybe that was the point. The elderly being shut away in a home forgotten and no one cares.
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- Kaila Ledward
- 01-14-23
Beautiful yet quiet story
This is different from his last two. Less definitive with its closure but still captivating.
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- Finger Tip Shopper
- 10-26-22
Very skilled writer
I can tell that the writer is very skilled. I just need something with a lot more action and a real plot. This book had neither.
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