Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
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Penguin Publishing Group
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Random House N.Y.
28,99 €
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
14.01.2025
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
496
Maße (L/B/H)
23,3/15,5/4,4 cm
Gewicht
692 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-54898-1
"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 the 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).
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 the 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).
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
A Fave
Bewertung am 20.04.2026
Bewertungsnummer: 3115005
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
I stumbled upon this book by accident and fell in love. The heart pounding way this book makes you want to fight for every woman around is insane. It's terrifying in ways I can't imagine a man knowing. Props to this male writer for capturing something so vulnerable about the AFAB experience.
Feminist horror story
Thala am 15.02.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2413677
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
If there was not a male name as the author on the book cover, I could have believed this story was written by a woman. There are mainly female, bold characters in this feminist story, guys and the world itself are the bad ones here. It's a story about witchcraft, and friendship and coming-of-age. The girls explore witchcraft as a medium to fight for their own rights. As underage youth, the home will not let them any rights over their body or the future of their babies. Abortion will not be discussed. Instead, the young girls serve as a baby factory for childless couples who are eager to adopt a baby. There are explicit scenes about childbirth. If you have not experienced childbirth, you might be traumatized after it. I would not recommend this book for pregnant women who are pregnant for the first time. Some scenes might be disturbing. Ferns development throughout the story is very impressive. At first, she only wants to get good grades and wants to get home. Then she stands up for herself. I liked her a lot. Each of the girls have to carry her own package, but together, they are stronger. The ending is really epic.
A great horror book, brilliantly written.
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