{"product_id":"paper-ghosts","title":"Paper Ghosts","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSARAH ADDISON ALLEN is the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eOther Birds, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGarden Spells, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Peach Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFirst Frost\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eLost Lake. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart ghost story, part love story and steeped in magical realism, Paper Ghosts will transport you to a place where old secrets echo through the years and love finds a way of bringing us home. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery family has its secrets . . .The Wester women live inside theirs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, the women of Wester House have unsettled and fascinated their small, timeless North Carolina town. Their home is full of whispers, old griefs, and uncanny knowing. But when Willamena Wester reaches out to the granddaughter she once pushed away, long-buried truths begin to stir. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1976: \u003c\/b\u003e Restless young Willamena falls for a stranded musician who brings freedom and the promise of another life to her carefully controlled world. Their brief, incandescent love story promises to escape the pull of the Wester legacy until Willamena makes a fateful choice that changes her life forever. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePresent day: \u003c\/b\u003e Returning home is the last thing Bailey Wester wants. Yet as she reconnects with Willamena, the grandmother she feared, Bailey begins to understand the love, heartbreak, and impossible choices that shaped the women in her family and realizes the past may not have been trying to haunt them after all. A luminous novel filled with Sarah Addison Allen's stunning prose and signature blend of romance, Southern charm, and wonder, Paper Ghosts reminds us that in order to have the future we really want, sometimes we need to live with the past, and not let go of it. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 pg. 78 (EAN 9781250283429, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250283429, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eAllen, Sarah Addison\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSARAH ADDISON ALLEN is the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eGarden Spells, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Peach Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eLost Lake, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e First Frost. \u003c\/i\u003e She was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496276197654,"sku":"9781250283429","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781250283429.jpg?v=1783058821","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/paper-ghosts","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}