Author(s): Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)

Crime & Thrillers

Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein on Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When Natalie finally does get away, however, college life doesn't bring the happiness she expected. Little by little, Natalie is no longer certain of anything--even where reality ends and her dark imaginings begin. Chilling and suspenseful, "Hangsaman "is loosely based on the real-life disappearance of a Bennington College sophomore in 1946.