The Birthing House

Ransom, Christopher

Ransom, Christopher / The Birthing House
Format: Book - Paperback
Release Date: Wed 31 Oct 2012
Catalogue Number: 0008126515

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It was expecting them. Conrad and Joanna Harrison, a young couple from Los Angeles, attempt to save their marriage by leaving the pressures of the city to start anew in a quiet, rural setting. They buy a Victorian mansion that once served as a haven for unwed mothers, called a birthing house. One day when Joanna is away, the previous owner visits Conrad to bequeath a vital piece of the house s historic heritage, a photo album that he claims belongs to the house. Thumbing through the old, sepia-colored photographs of midwives and fearful, unhappily pregnant girls in their starched, nineteenth-century dresses, Conrad is suddenly chilled to the bone: staring back at him with a countenance of hatred and rage is the image of his own wife . Thus begins a story of possession, sexual obsession, and, ultimately, murder, as a centuries-old crime is reenacted in the present, turning Conrad and Joanna s American dream into a relentless nightmare. An extraordinary marriage of supernatural thrills and exquisite psychological suspense, The Birthing House marks the debut of a writer whose first novel is a terrifying tour de force.

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  • Publisher: ST MARTINS PR
  • Subject Development: Fiction - Thriller
  • Academic Level: General Adult
  • Dewey: 813
  • Edition: LRG
  • Place Of Publication: United States
  • Published Date: Wed 31 Oct 2012

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