The Change - Kirsten Miller

The Change

By Kirsten Miller

  • Release Date: 2022-05-03
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 371 Ratings

Description

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"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 Henry

Big 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…

Reviews

  • Must read!

    5
    By Guammybear
    Amazing page turner! A thriller!
  • Gruesome tale

    3
    By vmarijke
    Compulsive reading but extremely evil storyline
  • Killer Story

    5
    By Myob2
    This book is cathartic! Read it if the headlines make you sick and you are afraid for your daughters.
  • LOVED IT!!

    5
    By SSingleton22
    I so enjoyed this book, I somehow felt aligned with the incredible women in the story. This is the kind of book that I spent every spare moment reading, was thinking about it when I wasn't reading it, and I was disappointed when it ended.
  • Great!

    5
    By avidread111
    I read this book in 2 days. Could not put it down! Yay for “older” women! And their children and friends.
  • So empowering

    5
    By kaykaybean13
    Absolutely loved the feminist revenge plot of the story, the bonds between the women, the mothers and daughters and the reality of much of the gender biases that are so profoundly unjust in the world today and the hope this book leaves the reader with.
  • Witches of Eastwick for 2022. Loved it!

    5
    By RomInVt
    Great story and amazing characters.
  • SO GOOD!!

    5
    By Kelli_Girl
    Such a fantastic story, with awesome characters. Had to ration myself to a few chapters a day to make it last! Can hardly wait to read more by this author!