The September House
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"Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages."- Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street--for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price--they couldn't believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee. Margaret is not most people. Margaret is staying. It's her house. But after four years Hal can't take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he's not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine--who knows nothing about the hauntings--arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.Show more
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The September House was absolutely gruesome in so many ways, I absolutely loved it. I am always on the search for the next great haunted house read and September House is now one of my top ten. Margaret is living in a haunted house that acts up every September but she’s learned to live with it. According to Margaret everything is survivable, as long as you follow the rules….
Filled with real and supernatural terrors, this book was addictive and...read more
This book had some mixed reviews, but it's quite comical. My guess is people expect scary book but it was funny 😆. Well as audiobook it really was funny! Have a listen!
I figured out what happened, but wanted to keep listening so I could hear how it happened! Highly recommend!
Absolutely loved this book especially for spooky season. I had to wait forever to get it which added to my anticipation and happiness of when I got it. Loved the spooky vibes and the relationship between mother/daughter. Also loved the spooky characters and how they all played an important role in the book. Would love to see a movie made out of this. Great book!
Debut author Carissa Orlando holds a doctorate in clinical-community psychology and specializes in working with children and adolescents. She is committed to improving the quality of and access to mental health care for children and their families. Orlando says she has written creatively in some form since she was a child and studied creative writing in college. She has long been an avid horror fan so the merger of her knowledge of the workings o...read more
Okay, so this book just understood me. You know how people get used to things? Big scary things like abuse but also small things, like always putting away baskets because your cat pees in them or something like that? This book is about that experience. It’s about wanting something so badly that you bend to make it work. You bend and bend until everything is a little too bent but you hardly notice. Sure, there are larger narratives around abuse bu...read more
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