Girl in the Walls: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide while surveilling

while surveilling

this classic is a beautiful meditation on the transformative power of reading and the ways we make meaning in our lives

the bleat of a goat or the bark of a dog

the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot

Jaouad embarked—with her new best friend

Girl in the Walls: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide while surveillingA riveting, astonishing, and flat out gorgeous debut. Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie Affair A suspenseful coming of age novel about an orphan hiding within the walls of her former family homeand about what it means to be truly seen after becoming lost in life Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which boards will creak. She knows where the gaps are in the walls. She knows which parts can take her in, hide her away. Its home, after