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Rooms for the Weather

Ada Lorne

A house-sitter returns to a coastal town and finds a room that everyone remembers differently. A novel about the stories people leave in a place.

Format
Paperback
Extent
240 pages
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Fiction
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Who might enjoy it?

For readers who enjoy a closely observed setting, a quiet mystery and characters whose small decisions change the shape of a story.

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By the time Mara found the key, the rain had become part of the house. It tapped inside the chimney and collected in the blue bowl beneath the kitchen window. She set her bag on the only chair without a coat over it. Nothing in the room suggested that anyone had left. Everything suggested that someone was expected.
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