{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-a-true-ghost-story-paperback","title":"The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Summerscale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe New Statesman \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Times \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Spectator \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize * A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review Editors' Choice * \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review Paperback Row Selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or metaphorical, for days if you read this.... The atmosphere evoked is something I will never forget.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewelry appears on her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot call the police, she calls the papers instead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the sensational story headlines the news, Nandor Fodor, a Hungarian ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research, arrives to investigate the poltergeist. But when he embarks on his scrupulous investigation, he discovers that the case is even stranger than it seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy unravelling Alma's peculiar history, Fodor finds a different and darker type of haunting, a tale of trauma, alienation, loss and revenge. He comes to believe that Alma's past has bled into her present, her mind into her body. There are no words for processing her experience, so it comes to possess her. As the threat of a world war looms, and as Fodor's obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With characteristic rigor and insight, Kate Summerscale brilliantly captures the rich atmosphere of a haunting that transforms into a very modern battle between the supernatural and the subconscious.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Summerscale\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly the literary editor of the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(London), is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Whale Cay\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Somerset Maugham Award and was short-listed for the Whitbread Biography Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher\u003c\/i\u003e, a number one bestseller in the UK, has been translated into more than a dozen languages and won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the British Book Awards Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Boy \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Alma Fielding\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize. Summerscale lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034470248749,"sku":"9780525557944","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/L0Z2NnNjNWpXVURPTWRiRlJrbGExdz09.webp?v=1777675656","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-a-true-ghost-story-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}