Teenaged O β never call her Ophelia β is about to spend the summer with her aunt Emily. Emily is a poet and the owner of an antiquarian book store, The Green Man. A proud, independent woman, Emilyβs been made frail by a heart attack. O will be a help to her. Just how crucial that help will be unfolds as O first tackles Emilyβs badly neglected home, then the chaotic shop. But soon she discovers that there are mysteries and long-buried dark forces that she cannot sweep away, though they threaten to awaken once more.
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