The hounding
"The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from str...
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2025.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| 520 | |a "The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbed to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and when one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has before. The truth is that the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls-a little odd, think some; a little high on themselves, perhaps-but they've always had plenty to say about them and, as the rotating perspectives of five of the villagers quickly make clear, now is no exception. Belief in witchcraft is waning but an aversion to difference is as widespread as ever, and these conflicting narratives all point to the same ultimate conclusion: something isn't right in Little Nettlebed, and the sisters will be the ones to pay for it. As relevant today as any time before, The Hounding celebrates the wild breaks from convention we're all sometimes pulled toward, and wonders if, in a world like this one, it isn't safer to be a dog than an unusual young girl"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Malicious accusation |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hysteria (Social psychology) |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Siblings |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Village communities |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rumor |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |x Social conditions |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gossip |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Conformity |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Paranoia |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Great Britain |x History |y 18th century |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Horror fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Psychological fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Levine, Susan tribute. | |
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