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On a sweltering summer night as the tide retreats and the moon rises over southern Connecticut, fourteen‑year‑old Laura Engstrom awakens and becomes part of a nocturnal chorus. Residents of the town—the failed writer Haverstraw, a solitary old woman, trouble‑seeking teens, a roaming gang of girls, a lonely young man, a mannequin with cold fiberglass arms, restless children, and forgotten dolls—are all drawn into the night’s eerie voice. Millhauser weaves these figures into a hypnotic adult narrative that transforms familiar childhood folklore into a story of passionate enchantment, darkness, illumination, human desire, and otherworldly awakenings.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Steven Millhauser
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