- Mass Market Paperback: 340 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch; Reprint edition (May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060745053
- ISBN-13: 978-0060745059
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 10.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 923,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For the guests at Ruth Bennet's fashionable Georgetwon home, the seance was just a playful diversion . . . until Ruth's niece Sara spoke in a deep guttural voice not her own . . . and the game became frighteningly real.. The New York Times calls Miss Michaels a specialist, saying, "When the seances get going and the ghosts walk (and talk), even the nonbelievers take notice".
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BY FIVE O'CLOCK IT WAS ALMOST DARK, WHICH WAS not surprising, since the month was November; but Ruth kept glancing uneasily toward the windows at the far end of the room. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first book of Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels's that I read but I still think it's one of her best. I love the way the characters view every development with careful, reasoned scepticism, even when being attacked by writhing smoke.
The manifestations are kept plausible, the build-up to the finale is great and the ending is nicely handled.
If you haven't tried any of this author's books under either name, please try this one. If you like it, please try any of the Amelia Peabody books, particularly the early ones. If you've met Amelia already, you could like this.
I love it. I must've read it at least 6 times and it still has me waking up wondering just what that noise in the hall could've been....
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I first got a copy of this book when I was a teenager. Since then I have re-read it so often, the original is falling apart and I have ordered the new edition. Without the now obligatory blood and gore, Ms. Michaels manages to raise a genuine frisson of fear. Her characters are intelligent and don't just accept the supernatural without considering more prosaic possibilities; this actually adds to the impact of what is going on. It requires the reader to use his / her own imagination and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys their paranormal thrills served with style rather than with violence.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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It has been a long time since I have read Ammie, Come Home, but it is a book I will never forget. Barbara Michaels draws interesting characters in vivid reality, and then slowly introduces the ghostly presences that threaten their lives.
In many tales, writers have a hard time making you believe...Barbara Michaels does it so well this book lingers in my mind decades after I read it.
In many tales, writers have a hard time making you believe...Barbara Michaels does it so well this book lingers in my mind decades after I read it.
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Truly a ghost story - Kept me up way past my bedtime! Excellent
This neat little book was written fairly early in Barbara Michael's writing career. Though originally published in 1969, it holds its strength and value still today, telling a... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2008 by Mary Chrapliwy
Ammie, come home
I had difficulty putting this book down, its well worth a read although the ending was a little weak compared to the rest of the book.
Published on 19 Feb 2004 by Jane Worlock
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