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The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell · 2019

Literary Fiction · ranked #80 in category

Libby Jones inherits a London house she's never seen from parents she never knew, and begins to unravel the story of what happened there in 1994. Jewell's psychological thriller alternates between Libby's present-day investigation and a chilling account of a commune that took over the house thirty years earlier. A novel about charismatic control, family damage and the long reach of an enclosed world.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2019 · 2010s
Author
Lisa Jewell
Standing
Essential Read

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