"[A] heartbreaking and vastly original tale of literary intrigue."— , a 2003 ALA Notable Book, is now available in paperback! Written in a style reminiscent of the Brontë sisters, Proust, and Mary Shelley, this is the haunting story of a young girl in Ireland, two reclusive writers, a mysterious suicide, and the bundle of hidden letters that tie them all together. , named one of the ten "novelists who are changing the way we see the world" by , lives in Minneapolis.