Listen to Me
A modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry Mark and Maggie's annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start. By the time they're on the road, it's late, a storm is brewing, and they are no longer speaking to one another. Adding to the stress, Maggie β...
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A modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry
Mark and Maggie's annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start. By the time they're on the road, it's late, a storm is brewing, and they are no longer speaking to one another. Adding to the stress, Maggie β recently mugged at gunpoint β is lately not herself, and Mark is at a loss about what to make of the stranger he calls his wife. When they are forced to stop for the night at a remote inn, completely without power, Maggie's paranoia reaches an all-time and terrifying high. But when Mark finds himself threatened in a dark parking lot, itβs Maggie who takes control.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780544714441 (054471444X)
Publish date: 2016-07-05
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 191
Edition language: English
Hannah Pittard's latest, her third novel, is a very quick read with a straightforward story line. On the surface, this novel has many simple components. The setting takes places mostly in the car. There are primarily two characters: Mark and Maggie. Even the language seems toned back compared to Pit...
This one was a bit of a surprise to me. I expected it to be more of a thriller. But instead I found an in-depth character study of a man, Mark, and his wife, Maggie. Maggie has recently been mugged and has become paranoid and fearful. She spends too much time on the internet reading stories of th...