Rooms (Lauren Oliver)

Part ghost story, part mystery, this novel bounces between several points of view. After Richard Walker dies, his estranged wife, their two adult children, and their daughter's little girl come to the old house to clean up and hold his memorial service. They don't know that the house is the home, in fact the body, of a collection of ghosts. As the story unfolds, we learn about who the ghosts are and why they are still here, and we learn about the broken lives of the people moving through the old place. At times the people, living and dead, felt more like symbols than real people, but the author's language is seductive and the tale draws you in.