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The Raising

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Raising

Contributors:

By (Author) Laura Kasischke

ISBN:

9780857891563

Publisher:

Atlantic Books

Imprint:

Corvus

Publication Date:

1st March 2012

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

512

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 33mm

Weight:

446g

Description

A sudden death: In Godwin Honors Hall, the walls are draped in black. The college is in mourning for Nicole Werner, a blonde and beautiful prom queen who died in a car crash last semester. She was a straight-A student, and a prized member of the Virgin Sisters, the most powerful sorority on campus. A feverish obsession: Nicole's boyfriend Craig was at the wheel that night. He has no memory of the crash, but he is plagued by guilt. For as winter sets in and the nights darken, Nicole's death dominates college life. Candlelit vigils and fetishistic rituals become nightly events -and then the hauntings begin. A flicker of suspicion: Craig's roommate, Perry, doesn't believe in ghosts. A no-nonsense type who always thought Nicole was as manipulative as she was charming, he refuses to be swept up by the hysteria. But when he and his fellow sceptics join forces, he too sees Nicole's spirit in the crumbling college halls. Something very strange is going on.

Reviews

Atmospheric... a devious, claustrophobic chiller * Marie Claire *
A haunted and haunting tale... you don't put this book down * Fay Weldon *
Shows us an alternate world and lulls us into living in it * New York Times *
Hauntingly original... A tour de force * O, the Oprah Magazine *
Potent and poetic * Elle Magazine *
A story of great weight and wicked beauty . . . Don't bother trying to put it down; it will call you back, and you'll go. Surrender. You'll be glad you did * Amy McKinnon, author of Tethered *
Haunting, unsettling, and unforgettable... Told in knockout, shimmering prose... as hypnotic as it is brilliant * Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You *

Author Bio

Laura Kasischke was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan, where she now teaches in the MFA program and the Residential College. She has published seven collections of poetry, and eight novels. Her writing has won numerous awards, and two of her novels have been made into films, including The Life Before Her Eyes starring Uma Thurman. She lives with her family in Chelsea, Michigan.

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