Set This House in Order

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Matt Ruff: Set This House in Order (EBook, 2023, HarperCollins)

eBook, 496 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2023 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-198364-1
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OCLC Number:
877986131
ASIN:
B0CG18DC8X
Goodreads:
10209195

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Not long after Andy Gage was born, his stepfather subjected him to a level of torture and abuse that killing his soul—which broke in pieces. Those pieces then became souls in their own right, co-inheritors of Andy's life.

Now, and Andy navigates the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside his head. There's Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own.

Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a condition she doesn't fully grasp. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, they set in motion a chain of events that threaten the stability of the house—and reveal a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping from himself.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Adult child abuse victims
  • Multiple personality
  • Literature
  • New York Times reviewed
  • LGBTQ gender identity
  • LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary

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