The Change: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

by Kirsten Miller

Book Overview

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick--a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers--putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.

"A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You'll love it."--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes

"Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review)

In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment...

After Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she's left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead--a gift she's inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities.

On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett's life is far from over--in fact, she's undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis.

Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw--until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.

Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don't apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063144050
• ISBN13: 9780063144057
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

One of the best fiction books I’ve ever read

Absolutely one of a kind. I adore this book and recommend it to everyone. I think it’s brilliant. Miller captures how society belittles menopausal women so well and in so many ways. The mystery, spookiness, and depth of so many characters is really masterful. Love it

Some good spots but that's it

I liked the premise of older women taking back their power and normally, I would love a book that explores anything even slightly supernatural, but this fell flat for me. There were a couple of spots where I laughed out loud but during most of this book, I just wanted it over. It did have a good ending, though, so that's why I gave it two stars.