Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Penguin Publishing Group)

"Superb ... a perfect horror for our imperfect age.” – The New York Times AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER They were never girls, they were witches . . . . 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, to 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, frightened, and alone. Under t he watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who. Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by the 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, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood. In Witchcraft for Wayward Girls , the author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group delivers another searing, completely original novel and further cements his status as a “horror master” ( NPR ). EAN: 9780593818183 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 14.01.2025 Titel der Reihe: Penguin Publishing Group## Autoren: Hendrix, Grady Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 496 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Horror Keyword: thriller;grady hendrix books;witchcraft;witches;witch books;witch;horror fiction;scary books;supernatural;suspense;horror;horror novels;horror books;psychological thrillers;thrillers;thriller books;grady hendrix;witchcraft books;witchcraft book;suspense books;mystery thriller suspense;mysteries and thrillers;psychological thriller books;betrayal;novels;fiction;fiction books;horror stories;suspense thriller books;books fiction;psychological thrillers books;mystery and thriller;suspense fiction Fachschema: Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Horror~Horror / Romane, Erzählungen, Heftromane Fachkategorie: Horrorliteratur und Übernatürliches Imprint-Titels: Berkley Länge: 229 mm Breite: 152 mm Höhe: 28 mm