The new neighbor

Stoic and independent, ninety-year-old Margaret Riley rarely leaves the Tennessee mountaintop where she lives, finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company-- until she spots a woman who's moved into the long-empty house across the pond. On the run from her old life, Jennifer Young and...

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Main Author: Stewart, Leah, 1973- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Touchstone, 2015.
Edition:First Touchstone hardcover edition.
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Summary:Stoic and independent, ninety-year-old Margaret Riley rarely leaves the Tennessee mountaintop where she lives, finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company-- until she spots a woman who's moved into the long-empty house across the pond. On the run from her old life, Jennifer Young and her four-year-old son, Milo, have moved to a quiet town where no one from her past can find her. Seeing Jennifer as a mystery to be solved, Margaret crosses more and more boundaries in pursuit of the truth, threatening to unravel the new life Jennifer has so painstakingly created-- and reveal some secrets of her own....
Physical Description:288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781501103513 (hbk.)
1501103512 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Leah Stewart is the critically acclaimed author of The History of Us , Husband and Wife , The Myth of You and Me , and Body of a Girl . The recipient of a Sachs Fund Prize and a NEA Literature Fellowship, she teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Cincinnati and lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two children. Visit her online at LeahStewart.com.