- Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm); Reissue edition (Feb 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671734687
- ISBN-13: 978-0671734688
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,710,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a house in London a woman starts a new life, trying to put tragedy behind her. Then a pretty blonde child runs into view, bringing with her an inexplicable suggestion of evil.
Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a daughter. But everything has changed since she bolted from her marriage, in flight from the unbearable truth of her daughter's death. For Julia, there is no escape. Another child awaits, another mother suffers, and a circle of the damned gathers around her. The haunting has begun . . .
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Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a daughter. But everything has changed since she bolted from her marriage, in flight from the unbearable truth of her daughter's death. For Julia, there is no escape. Another child awaits, another mother suffers, and a circle of the damned gathers around her. The haunting has begun . . .
From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a well-written ghost story in which a feeling of dread permeates the pages. American heiress, Julia Lofting, living in England, leaves her domineering and cruel husband, Magnus, after the unexpected death of their young daughter. She then buys an old Georgian house, which she hopes will pave the way fir a new beginning for her. Unfortunately, not only won't her husband leave her alone, but the house seems to have a mind of its own.
Before she knows it, Julia is living a haunted existence, and her life continues to unravel. As her house of cards comes tumbling down around her, Julia discovers much about the house and her husband. Unfortunately, none of it is good. As the past intrudes upon the present, the feeling of dread and angst mounts as the story barrels down to the grand finale.
Before she knows it, Julia is living a haunted existence, and her life continues to unravel. As her house of cards comes tumbling down around her, Julia discovers much about the house and her husband. Unfortunately, none of it is good. As the past intrudes upon the present, the feeling of dread and angst mounts as the story barrels down to the grand finale.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this book as I though it to be a new novel, as I hadn't seen it before.
When I read it, though, i liked it.
It's not as good as the masterpiece " Blue Rose" or "the Throat"
but it's a really scary novel, and gives a hint of the scaring
qualities of straub's writing, which later come full blast in
"Ghost story", another of my favorites.
When I read it, though, i liked it.
It's not as good as the masterpiece " Blue Rose" or "the Throat"
but it's a really scary novel, and gives a hint of the scaring
qualities of straub's writing, which later come full blast in
"Ghost story", another of my favorites.
If you, like me are a Straub fan, you really ought to read this title!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Not the Peter Straub I remember. A story of a troubled woman who buys a house and learns it's ghostly secrets. I expected subtlety and more underlying tension in the novel, and so found it rather obvious. The end didn't do much for me either - and don't you just hate that!
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