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The Bird's Nest

Shirley Jackson

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson's characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl—but four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Bird's Nest, Jackson's third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror master's most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.

Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yestermorrow

Release: December 01, 1993

ISBN: 1567230644

ISBN 13: 9781567230642

The Bird's Nest

Shirley Jackson

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson's characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl—but four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Bird's Nest, Jackson's third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror master's most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.

Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Yestermorrow

Release: December 01, 1993

ISBN: 1567230644

ISBN 13: 9781567230642

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