Every Version Ends in Death
by Aliya Chaudhry
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Laana returns to her small hometown following the death of her grandmother and becomes obsessed with the local ghost story of Carolyn Hayward. Who was she? Why does every reference or local memory of her give conflicting information about her life, work, and the circumstances of her death? Laana's research takes her on a whirlwind journey through her hometown's history and reconnects her with old friends, prompting her to reflect on her own story and the ways she was and wasn't there show more for those in her life. Deliciously Gothic and fiercely feminist, Every Version Ends in Death is an anti-ghost story that forces us to reflect on grief, memory, death, hauntings, and ultimately how women's stories are told. show lessTags
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- Dedication
- For my father, who loves history, and
for my mother, who played in graveyards.
I guess it's not really that weird I wrote this book. - First words
- It was hard to go home. It had nothing to do with the town - even though it was pretty small, far away, and thoroughly unexciting - or the people, or the fact that I hadn't been back in a while. It's just that it was my home,... (show all) it was filled with my memories, and it knew everything about me. I had learned everything there. Everywhere I went, every corner I turned, I saw myself doing something there - talking, running, riding a bike, falling off that bike, learning to drive.
Belong is terrifying. -Chapter 1 - Canonical DDC/MDS
- 823.92
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