Dark family secrets unravel in supernatural suspense.
"The Book of Accidents" is a chilling journey that expertly weaves the supernatural with a deeply human story. We often recommend this to those who love a good Stephen King-esque blend of horror and heart. It taps into the complexities of family and trauma, all while keeping you glued to the page with its eerie suspense. It's a book that will appeal to your love of mystery and the unexplained, but also to your sense of empathy for characters facing their darkest fears.
- Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Novel (2021)
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2021)
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ISBN: 9780593357309
Authors:
Chuck Wendig
Publisher: DELR
Date of Publication: 2021-07-20
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.73
(rated by 25801 readers)
Description
Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.
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Dark family secrets unravel in supernatural suspense.
"The Book of Accidents" is a chilling journey that expertly weaves the supernatural with a deeply human story. We often recommend this to those who love a good Stephen King-esque blend of horror and heart. It taps into the complexities of family and trauma, all while keeping you glued to the page with its eerie suspense. It's a book that will appeal to your love of mystery and the unexplained, but also to your sense of empathy for characters facing their darkest fears.
- Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Novel (2021)
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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