{"product_id":"a-head-full-of-ghosts-a-novel","title":"A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel","description":"Used mass_market in Good condition. \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2015 Bram Stoker Award, a brilliant novel of psychological horror--and demonic possession?--from the nationally bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World, Survivor Song, and The Pallbearers Club.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare.\" -- Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long-ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tremblay, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":52815694168347,"sku":"mon0000797259","price":5.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/13902213482210.jpg?v=1786755164","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/a-head-full-of-ghosts-a-novel","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}