In the StoryThe House That Recognizes Me
Mara has just bought the house. Every room seems to know how she lives. In New England, Mara Bell discovers a place that should be unfamiliar. Yet her movements find their place before she chooses it. An object seems to wait exactly where it should. A room feels too precisely familiar. The house looks more and more like a life she has forgotten.
Open the novel ↗A moment in the opening pages
Mara Bell first noticed while carrying a box of books, hardly an ideal moment for revelations. She had the box under her chin, a knee against the banister, and her brother behind her swearing because the movers had left the bed base at the foot of the stairs instead of taking it up. On the landing, Mara turned left, took two steps, and struck the guest-room frame with her shoulder.Read the excerpt ↗