![]() ![]() ![]() The underlying tension will please and unnerve readers, as well as leave them eager for Allen's next. Allen (The Girl Who Chased the Moon) juggles smalltown history and mystical thriller, character development and eerie magical realism in a fine Southern gothic drama. When a skeleton that holds the secret to both the Osgood and Jackson family fortunes is discovered at the Jackson family's old estate, long-held beliefs are likely to be overturned. To further complicate Willa's unrest, Paxton's brother, Colin, fled town years before but has returned and become an irresistible force in Willa's life. Paxton Osgood, Willa's counterpart, has everything Willa envies-wealth, beauty and a sense of belonging-but Paxton hides a deep loneliness and discontent. ![]() The Jacksons were also wealthy once, until the logging industry failed, and Willa's teenage grandmother went to work as a maid for the Osgoods. She's determined now to lead the quiet life she believes her father wants her to have, but is soon derailed by the wealthy and powerful Osgoods, the family that shaped her high school experience. Thirty-year-old Willa Jackson might be returning to her rural North Carolina home to escape her failed marriage, but. At 30, Willa Jackson returns to her small Southern hometown, Walls of Water, N.C., in the wake. At 30, Willa Jackson returns to her small Southern hometown, Walls of Water, N.C., in the wake of a failed marriage to her college sweetheart. Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam, 25 (288p) ISBN 978-2-6. ![]()
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