Sammy Kehoe, his sister, Charlotte, and her four-year-old daughter, Maggie, are all each other have left since the car accident that killed the rest of their family. When they visit their beloved old family home on remote Fox Island, Maine, Sammy and Charlotte each have relationship sparks with island locals. But the budding idyll is shattered when Sammy and Maggie's unexplained abilities to "see things" are put to the test when dangerous ghosts from the past resurface. At first, this novel about an unusual and loving family draws readers in with warmth and intrigue-and then it builds with suspense that makes it impossible to put down.
A modern-day ghost story involving an unconventional family, unexplained abilities, and the terrifying reality of a imaginary friend gone wrong.
"I loved this book-it's the best take on ghosts and how they work that I've ever read. Scary and mad but real, with crackling dialogue, From Away is a rare creature: a proper novel and a proper ghost story. I massively enjoyed it."
- Steven Moffat, co-creator of Sherlock and writer/producer of Dr. Who
"From Away is a complex, surprising, and haunting novel. Sutton's trademark wit lives within these pages, but here he reaches deeper, into a dark place, and finds something richer, something more human, than in any of his previous books. This is a page-turner of a different kind: mysterious, weird, and deeply affecting."
- Tod Goldberg, New York Times-bestselling author of Gangsterland and Living Dead Girl
"Phoef Sutton's From Away is a unique trip of a book. It starts off as a family drama, then morphs into an intense ghost story. It's about finding love in the real world and finding freedom to escape into the real hereafter. It's funny, wild, and touching, and not like any other novel I've ever read. Check it out."
- Robert Ward, author of Red Baker and Four Kinds of Rain
"What's lovely about From Away is its ability to be unassuming. Sam is a skeptic, and he doesn't exactly love having this gift of sight. He's just a screw-up without a plan, trying to make his sister and niece feel safe and loved, even as he craves the reassurance for himself. His narration is full of self-deprecating humor without being overly self-conscious, and he's able to surprise with occasional nuggets of wisdom? While Sam's spooks are very real in the novel, they also serve as a broader metaphor that explores the complexities of grief: how isolating it can be, how destabilizing it is and how connection and love help us to live through it."
-Portland Press-Herald
