Paper Ghosts by Sarah
Addison Allen
Published: September
1, 2026 by St. Martin's Press
Genre: Magical Realism, Fantasy
Every family has its secrets . . .The Wester women live inside theirs.
For decades, the women of Wester House have unsettled and fascinated their
small, timeless North Carolina town. Their home is full of whispers, old
griefs, and uncanny knowing. But when Willamena Wester reaches out to the
granddaughter she once pushed away, long-buried truths begin to stir.
1976:
Restless young Willamena falls for a stranded musician who brings freedom and
the promise of another life to her carefully controlled world. Their brief,
incandescent love story promises to escape the pull of the Wester legacy until
Willamena makes a fateful choice that changes her life forever.
Present Day:
Returning home is the last thing Bailey Wester wants. Yet as she reconnects
with Willamena, the grandmother she feared, Bailey begins to understand the
love, heartbreak, and impossible choices that shaped the women in her family
and realizes the past may not have been trying to haunt them after all.
A luminous novel filled with Sarah Addison Allen’s stunning prose and signature
blend of romance, Southern charm, and wonder, Paper Ghosts reminds
us that in order to have the future we really want, sometimes we need to live
with the past, and not let go of it.
My Thoughts: Paper
Ghosts is a book about family and the length a grandmother will go to protect
their family. Every family has secrets
but in Paper Ghosts the house holds many more secrets.
Sarah Addison Allen wrote a dark gothic story. I felt the creepiness of The Wester
House. I felt like the house was a
character in the story. The women who
live in the house have a magical way to know the secret of the people in their
town and they use those secrets to protect their family.
Thank you St. Martin’s Press for a copy of the book via
NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
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