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{{quote|''"...any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours."''}}
A 1998 novel by [[Stephen King]]. Michael Noonan is a popular novelist who is living an idyllic existence with his loving wife Johanna, until she unexpectedly dies one hot summer day. Losing Johanna leads directly to him losing his ability to
Haunted by memories of good times and by terrifying dreams taking place at their long-neglected summer home, Mike decides to finally attack the problem and see if returning there might help him get his life back on track. He returns to the summer home, named Sara Laughs after long-ago blues musician Sara Tidwell, to find it haunted with several different ghosts, which seem to have different agendas.
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* [[Hope Spot]]: When Max Devore drops the case. Michael immediately recognizes it as such, and unfortunately, he's right.
* [[I See Dead People]]: Both Mike and Kyra see them all over Sara Laughs near the end, and have been communicating with them less directly throughout most of the story beforehand.
* [[It Got Better]]: Mattie's husband dies, leaving her a poor, single mother with few prospects. [[It Got Worse|Enter husband's father]], who intends to take away her
* [[Jerkass]]: Max Devore, again. Mike himself has a pretty cynical outlook, and his personal thoughts on people, even those he likes, have a tendency to be less than flattering.
* [[Living Bodysuit]]: When {{spoiler|Sara's rapists/murderers}} go crazy and murder their children, it is not because they thought of doing it themselves. This may have been averted by {{spoiler|Max Devore}}, who is taking it upon himself to carry out the ritual, knowing he'd be forced to anyway.
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