{"product_id":"rooms-paperback","title":"Rooms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBefore I Fall\u003c\/em\u003e and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ocean at the End of the Lane\u003c\/em\u003e--a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family--bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna--have arrived for their inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself--in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide--with cataclysmic results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, \u003cem\u003eRooms\u003c\/em\u003e is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spellbinding tale of guilt, love, and family secrets from \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Lauren Oliver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstranged patriarch Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind a country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His alienated family--bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna--have arrived for their inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Walkers are not alone. 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