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In a grand Los Angeles mansion that seems to watch over the Pacific Ocean, a lonely woman has been living as an invisible ghost for nearly a century, believing her parents are always far away. Though her surroundings are filled with old‑fashioned beauty, she is surrounded by envy and isolation. When the untimely death of a close friend, a budding romance, and the memory of a first love intersect, she is offered a dark bargain that could give her the one thing she has always longed for: to become human again.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Francesca Lia Block
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