The Keeper by Sarah Langan

The Keeper by Sarah Langan

Two sisters. One town. Terrible secrets. Susan; beautiful, disturbed and living in squalor, she wanders around the town, mute and accusing, an object of lust, fear and derision, the town witch, the town's guilty secret. Liz; years younger than Susan, in her last year of high school, worried about her looks, her weight, how popular she is, whether she will ever escape from Bedford and above all why her sister hates her so much. You see, she can't stop dreaming about Susan, vividly, horrifically. Dreams in which Susan tries to kill her, dreams from which she awakes strangely bruised. It turns out that everyone in Bedford dreams about Susan Marley. And when she dies, betrayed by life one final petty time, a hail of destruction is unleashed on the town of Bedford that is more terrifying than any dream.

* '..crammed with startling images and framed with a sense of overwhelming dread. It's really hard to believe that this is a first novel.' Jack Ketchum, author of Offspring - Jack Ketchum, author of Offspring * Sarah Langan combines a genuinely poetic sensibility with a taste for horror's most bravura excesses, which gives her book a distinct and juicy flavor all its own. THE KEEPER begins what should be a very fruitful career. - Peter Straub

Sarah grew up on Long Island and went to college in Waterville, Maine, where she published her first story, "Sick People". She got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to writing novels, she is also pursuing her Master's in Environmental Health Science/Toxicology at New York University.

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ISBN 13	9780755333691
ISBN 10	0755333691
Title	The Keeper
Author	Sarah Langan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2006-08-07
Number of pages	352
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