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The Change

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The Change

By: Kirsten Miller
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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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 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…

©2022 Kirsten Miller (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Fiction Magical Realism Mystery Women Sleuths Exciting Scary

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A Must Read

The Change a suspenseful and intriguing book. It empowers middle aged women to go beyond what society had embodied for them. The main characters keep you laughing and you become part of the sisterhood, wanting to know what will happen next.

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Outstanding

Wow! Such a wonderful story! Pulled me in and kept me engaged. I did not want it to end!

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Amazing!

Best book I have listened to in years! I absolutely adored it. I could not put it down.

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Great Book

Loved it. One of the best mysteries. Kept my interest from the first to the last chapter.

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A wonderful listen

I have been telling all my friends about this one! The characters are wonderfully flawed. The women represent so many that I know, some that accept how they change throughout life and others who do not.

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Love it!!!!

I finished this book and immediately started listening to it again. It is that good!!!

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Great narration

Very good narrator, you could tell who was who based on the different voices she gave everyone. the story was easy to listen to, very women empowered story.

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Unexpected!

Could not stop listening. The book is full of surprises with so many twists and turns

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Retribution at its finest

Colorfly written, well executed and fantastically narrated! This book is about the strength of women and when they come together, their ability to make change is definitive and with swift execution!

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I did not expect to LOVE it

If a book is promoted by GMA, that is a definite NO for me. I have nothing in common with women who actually have time to watch daytime TV. (I am a hard working single mom with a daughter in Grad school.) HOWEVER, this is the second time I was proven wrong this year, the first being LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY. The Change was incredibly relatable, highly entertaining and soooo rewarding. I could not stop listening. After you listen, check out Kristen's Instagram, @kristenmillerbooks. A post from November 26 will make you chuckle, a lot. If you are an interesting woman, who likes interesting women, with an iota of self esteem and have had to work hard to get where you are and be who you are- you will love this book. If you like books about women who whine and cry due to life not giving them what they think they deserve, i.e. Karen, reeling from a recent divorce, tries to pick her life up and learns to love again, blah, blah, blah... Daddy issues...blah, blah, blah- this is NOT your book. If you deny that men abuse women over and over again and are allowed to get away with it, this is not your book. Thank you, Kristen Miller, your book was a gift of joy.

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