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Title: Yesternight
Author: Cat Winters
Published: 2016
Length: 374 pages
What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):
From the author of The Uninvited comes a haunting historical novel with a compelling mystery at its core. A young child psychologist steps off a train, her destination a foggy seaside town. There, she begins a journey causing her to question everything she believes about life, death, memories, and reincarnation.
In 1925, Alice Lind steps off a train in the rain-soaked coastal hamlet of Gordon Bay, Oregon. There, she expects to do nothing more difficult than administer IQ tests to a group of rural schoolchildren. A trained psychologist, Alice believes mysteries of the mind can be unlocked scientifically, but now her views are about to be challenged by one curious child.
Seven-year-old Janie O’Daire is a mathematical genius, which is surprising. But what is disturbing are the stories she tells: that her name was once Violet, she grew up in Kansas decades earlier, and she drowned at age nineteen. Alice delves into these stories, at first believing they’re no more than the product of the girl’s vast imagination. But, slowly, Alice comes to the realization that Janie might indeed be telling a strange truth.
Alice knows the investigation may endanger her already shaky professional reputation, and as a woman in a field dominated by men she has no room for mistakes. But she is unprepared for the ways it will illuminate terrifying mysteries within her own past, and in the process, irrevocably change her life.
How and when I got it:
I bought it, brand new, as soon as it came out.
Why I want to read it:
I love Cat Winters, and this is the only one of her books I haven’t read yet! I believe this is an adult novel, rather than YA (like most of her other books). The first book I ever read by Cat Winters was The Uninvited, also adult fiction, and I thought it was amazing. I love the sound of the plot of Yesternight, and can’t believe I haven’t gotten to it yet. No excuses, no reasons why — there are just always way more books in my house than I’ll ever have time to read. Bumping this one back up to the top of my teetering to-read stack!
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Oooh I haven’t heard of this one and it sounds right up my street! Cat Winters is one of those authors I’ve been meaning to read for years because I think she could be a new favourite, but I’ve never got around to her work. This one sounds brilliant, though – I love historical fiction about women trying to make a name for themselves in a STEM field, so I need to get my hands on a copy of this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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Huh, I’d never thought about it in quite those terms, but you’ve definitely described something that appeals to me in books — women STEM pioneers! Great perspective. Cat Winters is such a great writer. I hope you give her a try!
I haven’t read this either, but the cover is so lovely, it makes me want to buy a copy😁
I agree, the cover is gorgeous! I want that parasol for myself.
I’ve had this one on my shelves forever and have yet to read it. I was super excited for it too.
Ash @ JennRenee Read
I am really determined to read it this year!