Ammie, Come Home
It begins as a lark — a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth’s elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something unwelcome … and palpably evil. Suddenly Sara is speaking...
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It begins as a lark — a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth’s elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something unwelcome … and palpably evil. Suddenly Sara is speaking in a voice not her own, transformed into a miserable, whimpering creature so unlike her normal, sensible self. No tricks or talismans will dispel the malevolence that now plagues the inhabitants of this haunted place — until a dark history of treachery, lust, and violence is exposed. But the cost might well be the sanity and the lives of the living.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425099490 (0425099490)
ASIN: 425099490
Publish date: 1987-05-01
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
I read this as the September buddy read. This is one of those good old fashion ghost stories. I had to keep reminding myself that it was written in the 1960s and some of the actions and reactions of the characters were definitely old fashion. This was the first book I read of Barbara Michaels, I ...
Ammie, Come Home by Barbara Michaels Book 1 of Georgetown It begins as a lark -- a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth's elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something ...
Where to start? I've been hearing my mom rave about how much she loved this book for ever, which in the way of such things between mothers and daughter sometimes, had the perverse effect of making me disinclined to read it. This is spite of my enjoyment of ghost stories and Barbara Michaels' othe...
I always enjoy Michaels/Peters stories. She writes really well and does a great job with setting up the atmosphere whether it's in the deserts of Egypt or an old southern historic home. This was my second time reading it and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time. The ending seemed a little ant...
This has been an ok read for me. I really liked the creepy atmosphere that Michaels has created, the story is entertaining and it´s a very fast read. Unfortunately I didn´t like the characters and I couldn´t get past the mannerism of the 1960s, especially how men treated women back then (I´m not a...