Your past and your family can haunt you like nothing else… A hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group. Every childhood home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents. When their parents die at the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic, Louise and Mark Joyner are devastated but nothing can prepare them for how bad things are about to get. The two siblings are almost totally estranged, and couldn't be more different. Now, however, they don't have a choice but to get along. The virus has passed, and both of them are facing bank accounts ravaged by the economic meltdown. Their one asset? Their childhood home. They need to get it on the market as soon as possible because they need the money. Yet before her parents died they taped newspaper over the mirrors and nailed shut the attic door. Sometimes we feel like puppets, controlled by our upbringing and our genes. Sometimes we feel like our parents treat us like toys, or playthings, or even dolls. The past can ground us, teach us, and keep us safe. It can also trap us, and bind us, and suffocate the life out of us. As disturbing events stack up in the house, Louise and Mark have to learn that sometimes the only way to break away from the past, sometimes the only way to sell a haunted house, is to burn it all down.
© 2023 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004117246
Release date
Audiobook: 14 January 2023
Your past and your family can haunt you like nothing else… A hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group. Every childhood home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents. When their parents die at the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic, Louise and Mark Joyner are devastated but nothing can prepare them for how bad things are about to get. The two siblings are almost totally estranged, and couldn't be more different. Now, however, they don't have a choice but to get along. The virus has passed, and both of them are facing bank accounts ravaged by the economic meltdown. Their one asset? Their childhood home. They need to get it on the market as soon as possible because they need the money. Yet before her parents died they taped newspaper over the mirrors and nailed shut the attic door. Sometimes we feel like puppets, controlled by our upbringing and our genes. Sometimes we feel like our parents treat us like toys, or playthings, or even dolls. The past can ground us, teach us, and keep us safe. It can also trap us, and bind us, and suffocate the life out of us. As disturbing events stack up in the house, Louise and Mark have to learn that sometimes the only way to break away from the past, sometimes the only way to sell a haunted house, is to burn it all down.
© 2023 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004117246
Release date
Audiobook: 14 January 2023
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Sanju
21 Feb 2023
I am not sure if I am giving a correct rating for this book, as I am still confused about how much I enjoyed it.The plot was solid & the way the story became dark & twisted was also great. The final reveal was also something i didn't expect. But my main issue was with the characters, especially the main characters , were just so irritating & unlikable. I felt connected to the side characters & had loved to listen to their parts. The second issue was that at times the story felt too long & simply boring.I guess if the protagonists were a bit more likable & if the story was atleast 2 hrs short, it would have been 4⭐ book for me.Overall 3.5⭐
Sumeet
14 Sept 2023
A long read but The voice acting was so good !
Sahana
2 Aug 2023
Giving it one additional star than one just because of bringing that small twist in the end otherwise it was a little dragged story many times i thought i will give up on it but kept going as i had invested the time. Overall one time read . Wouldn't recommend it to any .
Shubham
23 Feb 2024
2.5 star🙂
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