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Published by picador, this novel is billed as a modern day ghost story for the contemporary housing crisis. Before their house move eleanor was a perfectly normal mother of two young children who was married to richard, a boring, condescending husband who seems to be a rather lazy sort. The upstairs room will be published by picador, an imprint of pan. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
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