The Change

　　如果更年期帶來的不是荷爾蒙的減少，而是暗黑法力的增強呢？
　　一本精彩又犀利的女性復仇故事，獻給每一個和厭女情節抗戰的勇者
 
　　在長島海邊的一座社區裡，三個女人即將發現「熟女」的全新定義…
 
　　奈莎‧詹姆士獨居在海邊的一棟白色屋子裡，兩個女兒離家上大學去，深愛的丈夫又早已離世。但是奈莎的屋子並不寧靜，因為隨著她的年紀增長，家傳的一項特異功能也跟著覺醒：她能夠聽見亡魂的聲音，只要有需要幫忙的死者呼喚，奈莎便會去協助尋找祂們的遺體，好讓亡者安息。
 
　　在鎮上的另一頭，廣告界女強人哈莉葉‧奧斯朋剛遇上事業婚姻兩頭空的中年危機，鄰居們悄悄耳語著她已經好幾個月都沒出門，曾經是鎮上最整齊美麗的花園不再有專人看顧，已長成了廢墟般的綠色圍牆。沒有人知道，屋內的哈莉葉經歷了最神奇的變化，她身上蘊藏的古老魔法，使她成了當今法力最高強的女巫。
 
　　喬‧李文生是女性健身房老闆，多年來一直忍受著身體帶來的各種疼痛與不適，更年期帶來的熱潮紅與情緒起伏更是讓她吃了不少苦頭。直到她忽然領悟，自己的身體並非失控，而是有無窮的能量等待她去駕馭。
 
　　這天在亡魂的導引下，三個女人在偏僻的海邊發現了一個少女的遺體。令人忿忿不平的是，雖然整起事件顯然是兇殺案，當地警方卻只把受害者當成吸毒過量的性工作者。奈莎、哈莉葉和喬自行展開調查，卻發現了更多的受害少女，而線索卻導向鎮上戒備森嚴的豪華社區。在這裡，有錢有勢的居民們享受著各種特權，遊走在法律的灰色地帶。但是他們並不知道，自己犯下的罪行遲早會浮出海面，而遠比蹲苦窯更可怕的，是三個具有魔法的憤怒女人…
 
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　　"Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

　　Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp feminist revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.

　　In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment…

　　After Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she's left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead—a gift she's inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities.

　　On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriet's life is far from over—in fact, she's undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis.

　　Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw—until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.

　　Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don't apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriet will take matters into their own hands…