The ascent : a novel / Allison Buccola.
"Twenty years ago, the members of a reclusive commune outside Philadelphia vanished without a trace. The mystery of their disappearance has never been solved. No sightings of the members were ever verified, and no bodies ever found. But the group did leave one thing behind: a twelve-year-old girl wandering alone on the side of the road in search of her lost family. In the years since that morning, Lee Burton has tried to put the pain of her past behind her. She has built a new identity for herself, with a doting husband and seven-month-old daughter. No one in her life now knows about her connection to "the cult that went missing," not even her husband. But new motherhood is proving a bigger challenge than she anticipated. She doesn't want to let her daughter, Lucy, out of her sight even for a moment. She can't return to work. She is not sleeping, and starting to have paranoid thoughts of Lucy being harmed. Then a stranger show up on her doorstep, who claims to be her long-lost sister. In her Lee sees the path to understanding the truth about her past, finally--if she could only trust that the woman is who she says she is. As she digs deeper into the truth about the woman's history the safe, stable life that Lee has constructed for herself threatens to shatter"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593730003
- ISBN: 0593730003
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Random House, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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Subject: | Cults > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Mothers > Fiction. Motherhood > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 13 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 4 current holds with 26 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Madison Main Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 30229101394566 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2025 |
Braswell Memorial Main Library | VAN23450791368686 (Text) | BRAS23450791368686 | On Order | On order | - |
Dunn Public Library | F Buc (Text) | 33436001831681 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Fletcher Branch | BUC (Text) | 33258035511232 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/22/2025 |
G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 31420621499634 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 09/02/2025 |
Haynes Branch Library | F Buc (Text)
Lease: Yes |
38801102141295 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Henderson Main Branch | BUC (Text) | 33258035511233 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/25/2025 |
High Point Library | FIC BUCCOLA ALLISON (Text) | 30519020418813 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/29/2025 |
High Point Library | FIC BUCCOLA ALLISON (Text) | 30519020418821 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/28/2025 |
Leland Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 31423621411336 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/29/2025 |
Maggie Valley Library | F Buccola (Text) | 33115007719435 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Memorial Library | FIC (Text) | 38344200534699 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Mountains Branch Library | F Buc (Text)
Lease: Yes |
38801102104095 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Paddison Memorial Branch | FIC Buccola, Allison (Text) | 0112400281393 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/26/2025 |
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | FIC Buccola (Text) | 38955500191292 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Reynolda Manor Branch | FIC Buccola, Allison (Text) | 0112400281401 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Rourk Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 31422621493690 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/27/2025 |
Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC BUCCOLA (Text) | 36015001919543 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/15/2025 |
South Buncombe/Skyland Library | F BUC (Text) | 0020660485390 | Adult New Fiction | In transit | - |
Southwest Brunswick Library | FIC BUC (Text) | 31427000669703 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Spring Lake Library | F BUCCOLA (Text) | 31781069578480 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Statesville Main Library | F BUCCOLA (Text) | 33114018889485 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Swansboro Branch Library | FIC BUCCOLA (Text) | 36015001919550 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Walkertown Branch | FIC Buccola, Allison (Text) | 0112400281419 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Warren County Memorial Library | F BUC (Text) | 38017000344929 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
West Regional Library | F BUCCOLA (Text) | 31781069578498 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2025 |