| The Birthing House Contributor(s): Ransom, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312624158 ISBN-13: 9780312624156 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.63 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A chilling ghost story that is also a tale of exquisite psychological suspense, The Birthing House marks the debut of a writer whose first novel is a terrifying tour de force. Conrad and Joanna Harrison, a young couple from Los Angeles, attempt to save their marriage by leaving the pressures of the city to start anew in a quiet, rural setting. They buy a Victorian mansion that once served as a haven for unwed mothers, called a birthing house. One day when Joanna is away, the previous owner visits Conrad to bequeath a vital piece of the house's historic heritage, a photo album that he claims belongs to the house. Thumbing through the old, sepia-colored photographs of midwives and fearful, unhappily pregnant girls in their starched, nineteenth-century dresses, Conrad is suddenly chilled to the bone: staring back at him with a countenance of hatred and rage is the image of his own wife.... Thus begins a story of possession, sexual obsession, and, ultimately, murder, as a centuries-old crime is reenacted in the present, turning Conrad and Joanna's American dream into a relentless nightmare. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ransom, Christopher: - Christopher Ransom is a native of Boulder, Colorado, and has lived in New York and Los Angeles. He now resides with his wife and three rescued dogs in a 142-year-old former birthing house in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He is the author of the novel The Birthing House. |