The night visitors
Goodman, Carol
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ALICE gets off a bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi
NY. She is fleeing an abusive relationship and desperate to protect... OREN
ten years old
a major Star Wars fan and wise beyond his years. Though Alice is wary
Oren bonds nearly instantly with... MATTIE
a social worker in her fifties who lives in an enormous run-down house in the middle of the woods. Mattie lives alone and is always available
and so she is the person the hotline always calls when they need a late-night pickup. And although according to protocol Mattie should take Alice and Oren to a local shelter
instead she brings them home for the night. She has plenty of room
she says. What she doesn't say is that Oren reminds her of her little brother
who died thirty years ago at the age of ten. But Mattie isn't the only one withholding elements of the truth. Alice is keeping her own secrets. And as the snowstorm worsens around them
each woman's past will prove itself unburied
stirring up threats both within and without.
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