The Change, Kirsten Miller
The Change, Kirsten Miller
11 Rating(s)
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The Change
A Novel

Author: Kirsten Miller

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 15 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/03/2022


Synopsis

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ""The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more."" --Emily HenryBig Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town. ""A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it.""--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes""Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review)""A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful.""--Booklist (starred review)In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment…After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead—a gift she’s inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities.On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn’t left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett’s life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis.Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw—until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl’s murder leads to more bodies, and to the town’s most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don’t apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands…

About Kirsten Miller

Kirsten Miller is the author of The Change, a GMA Book Club pick, Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books, and the groundbreaking YA series starring Kiki Strike. Born and raised in a small town in North Carolina, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yun on November 01, 2022

DNF - I tried, I really did. I've been slogging through this book for weeks. It dragged me into a slump the first time, so I took a break and came back hoping to feel refreshed. But no. I'm calling it quits before it drags me back again. When did feminist literature become a cliché of men-hating trop......more

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on May 02, 2022

POWERFUL AND COMPELLING “A woman had to be ready to look out for herself.” Three women unite to take down those responsible for committing heinous acts against young girls. Harriet, known as the neighborhood witch, is a former high-ranking advertising executive who now uses her skills to enhance her......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 03, 2022

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! A brilliant, unputdownable 5-star stunner that will have you cheering one minute, and then reeling over the atrocities of the world the next! “No one had seen the woman who lived at 256 Woodland Drive since early November. Now it was late April and the house looked abandoned…The......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on May 05, 2022

4.5 stars, rounded up. This is a fantastic book filled with magical realism, female friendship and female empowerment. A couple of warnings to start: this is a very long book, it is nearly 500 pages, yet for its length it doesn't feel that long because the story moves forward and doesn't get bogged......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on May 03, 2022

As our character Jo would say…“CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED MOTHERF***ERS!” Watch out, Mattauck, NY!! Three women on this Long Island, oceanfront community are about to discover that with “THE CHANGE” of life they have gained some new powers. And, once WE got past the descriptions of THEIR past menstr......more