A Head Full of Ghosts

The lives of the Barretts, a suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents despair, the doctors are unable to halt Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls the terrifying events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories begin to surface and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed.

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The lives of the Barretts, a suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Mariorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to halt Moriorie's descent into madness. They turn to a Catholic priest for help, and soon find themselves the stars of a reality television show.

About the Author

Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of Disappearance at Devil's Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Little Sleep. He is currently a member of the board of directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards, and his essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly.com, and numerous year's-best anthologies. He has a master's degree in mathematics and lives outside Boston with his family. www.paultremblay.net

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