Overview
Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more
"A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." āThe New Yorker
Elevenāyearāold Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & HearingāMouth Children. Founded in 1890 by Headmistress Sybil Joines, the schoolāat first glanceāis a sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. Inspired by her haunted and tragic childhood, the Headmistress has other ideas.
Pioneering the field of necrophysics, the Headmistress harnesses the āgiftā she and her students possess. Through their stutters, together they have the ability to channel ghostly voices communicating from the land of the dead, a realm the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school and the Headmistress when a student disappears, attracting attention from parents and police alike.
Set in the overlapping worlds of the living and the dead, Shelley Jacksonās Riddance is an illuminated novel told through theoretical writings in necrophysics, the Headmistressās dispatches from the land of the dead, and Janeās evolving life as Joinesās new stenographer and central figure in the Vocational Schoolās mysterious present, as well as its future.
This book title, Riddance (Or: The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children), ISBN: 9781948226363, by Shelley Jackson, published by Catapult (October 15, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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