The Cliffs

"This novel about three generations of women navigating family secrets and societal expectations fits Reese Witherspoon's interest in stories centered on women's experiences."

"An empty house, faded to a soft purple, perches high above the sea in Awadapquit, Maine. The house calls out to Jane Flanagan, a lonely working-class teenager. Jane begins cutting classes to explore the purple house and to read outside under its trees. Thus begins J. Courtney Sullivan’s quintessential page-turner of a ghost story, eerie and atmospheric. When Jane returns to Awadapquit after her mother’s death, she’s a professional woman in her 30s, tormented by personal demons: alcoholism and guilt. The Cliffs is a novel to get lost in and to remain haunted by."