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AudioBook information:
Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Release date: September 1, 2026
Audiobook Duration: 7 h 9 min
Summary:Â Part ghost story, part love story and steeped in magical realism, Paper Ghosts will transport you to a place where old secrets echo through the years and love finds a way of bringing us home.
“The remarkable [narrator Marin] Ireland enhances any prose she encounters, adapting and enlivening characters as easily as if she’s raising an eyebrow or giving a wink.” —Booklist
This program is read by actor and Audie Award–winning narrator Marin Ireland, who has appeared in The Irishman and His & Hers.
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:Â 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.
Reviews:
“A captivating and magical generational saga. The Wester women will haunt you long after you close the book.” -Meg Shaffer, USA Today Bestselling Author of The Wishing Game
“Satisfaction on every page.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Atmospheric, compelling.” —Library Journal
“Tinged with magic, interlaced with loss and longing, each character’s story unfolds in layers creating an intricate puzzle that teases and delights.” -Southern Bookseller Review on Other Birds
“Whimsical, wise, and delightfully mysterious.” -Real Simple on Other Birds
“Allen [has a] gift for whimsical, poetic language. You’re going to want to read this one with your book club.” -Reader’s Digest on Other Birds
With a dash of her signature magic, Allen dishes up a touching story that hits the sweet spot between heartache and healing.” —Glendy Vanderah, best-selling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars on Other Birds
“Oh, joy of joys! A new book by Sarah Addison Allen! Dark and sweet, brutal and wise, One of my favorite books this year.” —Barbara O’Neal, author of When We Believed in Mermaids on Other Birds
“This story is so magical, beautiful and wise, with a wonderful cast of eclectic characters, and even a few ghosts. It filled my heart.” -Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project on Other Birds
About the Author:
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN is the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, The Peach Keeper, Lost Lake, and First Frost. She was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina.