The Remaking
A Novel
Readers rate it 3.0 (28 on Hardcover)
Released Oct 8, 2019 · National Geographic Books
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This is a sophisticated horror-thriller for older teens and adults, centered on a cyclical witch-hunt narrative inspired by a real historical event. The book deals with dark themes including executions, false accusations, and cycles of victimization, with horror elements woven throughout multiple timelines. While there are some threads about breaking cycles and redemption, the primary focus is on horror, trauma, and the darker sides of storytelling and obsession rather than positive messages.
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“Absolutely chilling.”—Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results. In the 1930s, Ella Louise and her daughter Jessica are dragged from their home... “Absolutely chilling.”—Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results. In the 1930s, Ella Louise and her daughter Jessica are dragged from their home at the outskirts of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, in the middle of the night. Ella Louise is accused of using her apothecary for witchcraft, and both are burned at the stake. Ella Louise’s burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses. Some wonder: If the mother was the witch, why is Jessica’s grave so tightly sealed? This question fuels a legend as their story is told around a campfire in the 1950s by a man forever marked by his boyhood encounters with Jessica. Decades later, a boy at that campfire will cast Amber Pendleton as Jessica in a ’70s horror movie inspired by the Witch Girl of Pilot’s Creek. Amber’s experiences on the set and its meta-remake in the ’90s will ripple through pop culture, ruining her life and career after she becomes the target of a witch hunt herself. Amber’s best chance to break the cycle of horror comes when a true-crime investigator tracks her down to interview her for his popular podcast. But will this final act of storytelling redeem her—or will it bring the story full circle, ready to be told once again. And again. And again . . .
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- Fiction
- A mix driven
- Weak Character Development
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- dark
- mysterious
- tense
- Fantasy
- Horror
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ISBN 9781683691532 · National Geographic Books