Shirley: A Novel

Shirley: A Novel

â€œSusan Scarf Merrell brilliantly weaves events from Shirley Jacksonâ€™s life into a hypnotic story lineâ€*Â in this darkly thrilling novel starring the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ELIZABETH MOSS AND MICHAEL STUHLBARG!Â

Two imposing literary figures are at the heart of this captivating novel: celebrated author Shirley Jackson and her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, a literary critic and professor at Bennington College. When a young graduate student and his pregnant wifeâ€”Fred and Rose Nemserâ€”move into Shirley and Stanleyâ€™s home in the fall of 1964, they quickly fall under the magnetic spell of their brilliant and unconventional hosts.

While Fred becomes preoccupied with his teaching schedule, Rose forms an unlikely, turbulent friendship with the troubled and unpredictable Shirley. Fascinated by the Hymansâ€™ volatile marriage and inexplicable drawn to the darkly enigmatic author, Rose nonetheless senses something amissâ€”something to do with nightly unanswered phone calls and inscrutable accounts of a long-missing female student. Chillingly atmospheric and evocative of Jacksonâ€™s own classic stories,Â ShirleyÂ is an elegant thriller with one of Americaâ€™s greatest horror writers at its heart.

*The Washington Post
Country USA
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Plume
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-06-12
Format	Kindle eBook

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