Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is an original Southern Gothic horror from New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix PRE ORDER NOW I did an evil thing to be put in here and I m going to have to do an evil thing to get out They call them wayward girls Loose girls Girls who grew up too fast And they re sent to the Wellwood House in St Augustine Florida where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret give them up for adoption and most important of all to forget any of it ever happened Fifteen year old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970 pregnant terrified and alone There she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament Rose a hippie who insists she s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune Zinnia a budding musician who plans to marry her baby s father And Holly barely fourteen mute and pregnant by no one knows who Every moment of their waking day is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what s best for them Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives But power can destroy as easily as it creates
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Editorial: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781035030873
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 496
Tiempo de lectura:
10h 16m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/01/2025
Año de edición: 2025
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Escrito por Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix es novelista y guionista y actualmente vive en Nueva York. Ganador del premio Bram Stoker por su ensayo Paperbacks from Hell, ha sido nominado al premio Shirley Jackson y al Locus por Horrorstör, El exorcismo de mi mejor amiga y Vendimos nuestras almas. Ha recibido el elogio unánime de la crítica por Guía del Club de lectura para matar vampiros o Grupo de Apoyo para Final Girls en reseñas de la NPR, el Washington Post, el Wall Street Journal, Los Ángeles Times, A. V. Club, Paste, Buzzfeed y muchas más. Asimismo ha colaborado con Playboy, The Village Boy y Variety. Su último trabajo Cómo vender una casa encantada ha sido un fenómeno de ventas en EEUU. gradyhendrix.com @grady_hendrix on Twitter @PaperbacksFromHell on Facebook