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Goodnight Stranger: A Novel Audiobook
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A compulsive debut of literary suspense, Goodnight Stranger follows one young woman caught between her desire for the future and the tragedy of her past, and the love she has for her brother and the stranger who drives them apart.
Lydia and Lucas Moore are in their late twenties when the stranger enters their small world on Wolf Island. Lydia is the responsible sister, taking care of the pathologically shy Lucas ever since their mom passed a decade before. They live together in the large family house by the sea and are both comforted and confined by their insular lives, heavily shadowed by events from their childhood and the loss of their baby brother, Colin, who was their triplet.
When Lydia sees the stranger step off the ferry, she feels an immediate connection with him. Later, when Lucas meets him, Lucas is convinced this man is the reincarnation of Colin. How else could he be so familiar with their mannerisms, their habits, the topography of the island? Even his name, Cole, is eerily like Colin’s. Lydia is suspicious, yet she can’t deny his magnetism, his energy, and warmth. Who is this Cole Anthony, and what is he after? To find out, Lydia must uncover sinister truths about her family and finally face her anxiety about leaving the island and her fear of losing her closeness with her brother. Goodnight Stranger is a spellbinding read that explores both the beautiful and transcendent ways it means to be family.
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“Miciah Bay Gault is one of the most naturally talented writers I’ve ever read, and Goodnight Stranger is a testament to the capacious scope of her talent. This book has the exceptionally rare quality of being at once lyrical and a page-turner, finely-wrought and hot with speed. This is a monster debut.”
— Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West
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“What a taut, keenly intelligent, and provocative debut Goodnight Stranger is. Deeply compelling and enjoyable, suffused with a genuinely thrilling new mode of literary energy.”
— George Saunders, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
“I couldn’t put this book down. Miciah Bay Gault casts a spell with every sentence she writes.”
— Robin MacArthur, author of Heart Spring Mountain -
“One of the best literary thrillers you’ll read this year, I was hooked from page one.”
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“A suspenseful meditation on the many ways in which the past, consciously or not, shapes the present.”
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“The emotional reactions of Gault’s winning cast of characters lend her ghost story—with its family secrets and unexpected violence—a rare psychological depth.”
— BBC.com
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Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award
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An Entertainment Weekly Pick of the Month
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Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize
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About Miciah Bay Gault
Miciah Bay Gault grew up on Sanibel Island, Cape Cod, and other beautiful places. Her stories and essays have been published in Tin House,The Sun, The Southern Review, Agni, The Literary Review, and in the anthology Contemporary Vermont Fiction. A graduate of the Syracuse MFA program, she now teaches in the MFA in Writing & Publishing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is coordinator of the Vermont Book Award. She lives in Montpelier, VT, with her husband, three kids, and some backyard chickens.
About Lisa Flanagan
Lisa Flanagan is a classically trained soprano, comedian, voice-over artist, and Earphones Award–winning narrator.