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The Bird's Nest

Shirley Jackson's third novel, a chilling descent into multiple personalities

Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead motherâ€™s inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jacksonâ€™s characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girlâ€”but four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Birdâ€™s Nest, Jacksonâ€™s third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror masterâ€™s most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.

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From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-28
Format Kindle eBook