New York: Ballantine, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel by this award-winning writer. "Dire financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take Meg and Sally from a comfortable life on Long Island to a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York: Arcadia Falls, where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected cottage Meg and Sally are to call home feels like an ill portent of things to come, but Meg is determined to make the best of itÑand to make a good impression on the schoolÕs dean, the diminutive, elegant Ivy St. Clare. St. Claire, however, is distracted by a shocking crisis: During ArcadiaÕs First Night bonfire, one of MegÕs folklore students, Isabel Cheney, plunges to her death in a campus gorge.' SIGNED on the title page. 355 pp. ISBN: 978-0345497536.