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Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquire's Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control.
She Will Never Be Lonely Again ... Amanda is happily married to Ed, works as an architect, and likes her life. But disturbances begin to upset her. Odd noises haunt their apartment. She suffers occasional blackouts, yet there is no medical explanation. She and her husband have petty squabbles; Ed seems less than lovable. The image of a beautiful woman out of her past invades Amanda's dreams. Instead of a book she had ordered by mail, she receives Demon Possession, Past and Present . Soon after, Amanda accidentally burns her husband with a cigarette. Something seemed to take her over. She begins to study the book on possession. Does everything that has happened have a rational explanation? Are the coincidences that have occurred just that? Or has she been possessed by a female demon known to students of the Kabbalah as Naamah?
"It's safe to say that the supernatural is a subject for which Gran has some affinity ... Recommended." —Library Journal
"[U]rbane and subtle ... A gripping contemporary tale of terror." —Publishers Weekly
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This is Sara Gran's second novel. Her first, Saturn's Return to New York, was praised for its wit and intelligence. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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