The Girl Below
by Bianca Zander
Buy on AmazonA powerful and truly haunting debut novel from Bianca Zander with a spine-tingling hint of the gothic and supernatural, The Girl Below enthralls with a strange magic akin to the works of Audrey Niffenegger, Haruki Murakami, and Sarah Waters. Zander’s novel is a story of parents and children; of love, regret, and second chances. When a young English woman, recently returned to London after a ten-year absence, finds herself slipping back into her childhood, she must solve the mysteries of her dysfunctional family—and unearths disturbing secrets that could shatter everything she believes about who she is and her place in the world.
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"This happened last year with a woman named Bianca Zander, whose terrific first novel is called “The Girl Below.” It’s about a young woman who returns to London after a decade in New Zealand and confronts strange events from her past."
By the Book: Curtis Sittenfeld · nytimes.com