All the Hungry Mothers
WHEN IT COMES TO MURDER; THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Aliens...paranoid old ladies...demonic possession...haunted houses...you name it. Fledgling nanny Janet Ayres can't quite believe this nutty Southern enclave or the hectic disarray that reigns in her employer's antebellum mansion, which also serves as a secret shelter for victims of domestic violence. Her one comfort is the family next door—Mary Ann, Ted, and two-year-old Eddie—who have just the kind of warm and stable relationship that Janet herself would like to have someday. Too bad this happy home has been invaded by demons, and too bad Mary Ann is growing more jumpy and reclusive with every passing day. Without sacrificing a scintilla of the wit and novelistic skill that her fans cherish, Deborah Adams spins out a mystery of truly horrific dimensions, a chiller about the secret life of one American family.
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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Fiction
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Dark tone · Urgent pace
Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-3453-8552-9
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL9579217M
A more thoughtful way into this book
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Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
- Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
- What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?
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