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The Raising

Laura Kasischke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Published:1st Mar '12

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If you liked the heady power and creepy hold of The Poison Tree, you'll love this hypnotic story of a college obsessed with a student's sudden death.

death.
In Godwin Honors Hall, the walls are draped in black. The college is in mourning for Nicole Werner, a blonde and beautiful prom queen who died in a car crash last semester. She was a prized member of the Virgin Sisters, the most powerful sorority on campus.

obsession.
Nicole's boyfriend Craig was at the wheel that night. He has no memory of the crash, but he is plagued by guilt. For as winter sets in and the nights darken, Nicole's death dominates college life - and then the hauntings begin.

suspicion.
Craig's roommate, Perry, doesn't believe in ghosts. He always thought Nicole was as manipulative as she was charming, and refuses to be swept up in the hysteria. But when he and his fellow sceptics join forces, he too sees Nicole's spirit in the crumbling college halls...

Atmospheric... a devious, claustrophobic chiller * Marie Claire *
A haunted and haunting tale... you don't put this book down * Fay Weldon *
Shows us an alternate world and lulls us into living in it * New York Times *
Hauntingly original... A tour de force * O, the Oprah Magazine *
Potent and poetic * Elle Magazine *
A story of great weight and wicked beauty . . . Don't bother trying to put it down; it will call you back, and you'll go. Surrender. You'll be glad you did * Amy McKinnon, author of Tethered *
Haunting, unsettling, and unforgettable... Told in knockout, shimmering prose... as hypnotic as it is brilliant * Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You *

ISBN: 9780857891563

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 33mm

Weight: 446g

512 pages

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