Girl in the Walls, A. J. Gnuse
Girl in the Walls, A. J. Gnuse
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Girl in the Walls
A Novel

Author: A. J. Gnuse

Narrator: Jill Winternitz

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ecco

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

“A riveting, astonishing, and flat-out gorgeous debut.”-- Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie AffairA mesmerizing and suspenseful coming-of-age novel about an orphan hiding within the walls of her former family home—and about what it means to be truly seen after becoming lost in lifeEventually, every hidden thing is found.Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which boards will creak. She knows where the gaps are in the walls. She knows which parts can take her in, hide her away. It’s home, after all. The home her parents made for her, before they were taken from her in a car crash. And home is where you stay, no matter what.Eddie is a teenager trying to forget about the girl he sometimes sees out of the corner of his eye. But when his hotheaded older brother senses her, too, they are faced with the question of how to get rid of someone they aren’t sure even exists. And as they try to cast her out, they unwittingly bring an unexpected and far more real threat to their doorstep. Written with grace and enormous heart, Girl in the Walls is a novel about carrying on through grief, forging unconventional friendships, and realizing, little by little, that we don’t need to fear what we do not understand.

About A. J. Gnuse

A native of New Orleans, A. J. Gnuse received an MFA in fiction from UNC Wilmington and was a Kenyon Review Peter Taylor Fellow. His short stories have been published in Gulf Coast, Guernica, the Los Angeles Review, Passages North, Potomac Review, and other magazines. Girl in the Walls is his first novel. He lives in Texas. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 17, 2022

This is soooo clever, sooooo original, soooo extraordinary! I haven’t read something so remarkable, refreshing, outrageous but also intense, dark, thrilling and emotional at the same time! I haven’t gotten so much tensed for a long time! I think after gritting so hard, my teeth can fall down at any......more

Goodreads review by Regina on August 09, 2021

For the sake of this review, I’m going to assume you’re sitting indoors. Now, for the sake of this review, you’re going to assume there’s somebody hanging out inside the wall behind you. Creepy, huh? Well that’s the premise of Girl in the Walls. There’s literally a little girl living in the walls of......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 30, 2021

A Nest Beneath. A House. Under The Floor. Someone’s Always Missing. Spying. She Left A Trail. Keep Moving. These are some examples of the intriguing chapter titles in Girl In The Walls, a somewhat coming of age/domestic drama. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Elise is an orphan who watched her parents die, and has come......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on September 18, 2020

This is just as it sounds only so much more. Elise loses her parents in a car crash, she stays one night in foster care and then moves in between the walls of an old property that was once her home. There she feels safe, it’s a much needed embrace, a connection to her parents so she doesn’t entirely......more

Goodreads review by Terrie on May 01, 2021

"Girl in the Walls" by A.J. Gnuse is an unexpected surprise read for me! Elise is an orphan. Her parents died in a car accident, she survived. Placed in a foster home, she leaves through a window during the night and is never seen again. Elise is home now. Living in the house her parents made for her......more

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