Weird Sister

by Kate Pullinger

Book Overview

American Agnes Samuel is the kind of woman whom people remember: beautiful, witty, cool. But does anyone in the sleepy Fenland village of Warboys remember another Agnes Samuel, a frightened girl... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552780856
• ISBN13: 9781552780855
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: McArthur & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Reviews

From back cover: Agnes Samuel is an American, beautiful, witty, cool: the kind of woman people remember. She arrives among the respectable citizens of Warboys (England) like a cat among pigeons. Soon she has insinuated herself into the affections of the sleepy Fenland village, and into the heart and home of the ancient Throckmorton family. Nobody remembers another Agnes Samuel from long ago, a frightened girl betrayed by her wealthy neighbours and hanged as a witch. In WEIRD SISTER, Kate Pullinger has created a modern gothic novel. Sinister and subtle, it is a chilling feast to remember. English and Canadian reader reviews: This was a very unique book!! May 1, 2003 JuneBug31 from Omemee, Ontario Compelling, thrilling, page turning, a little gothic. I've never read a book quite like it and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm not sure who I feel more saddened for, Robert Throckmorton, his sister Jenny, Graeme (Robert's brother) or Graeme's wife Karen. Agnes manages to subtly weave her way into this family and cause, unnoticed at first, discord in the home. My feelings for Elizabeth are paramount. She KNOWS something is amiss with Agnes and she wanted to marry Robert, but lost out to the wicked Agnes. You won't be able to stop turning the pages in this novel!! A modern day gothic novel full of ambiguity, March 3, 2003 DestinyByDesign from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada It highlights the darker aspects of intimacy, uses Karma to great effect and proves that jealousy is indeed as cruel as the grave. Enjoying read Sinister, compulsive read, January 31, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from Exeter, Devon United Kingdom Based on a real English witchcraft case from 1593, Weird Sister is a chilling, delicious book. Far from being a tedious historical 'recreation', it reproduces the atmosphere of the original case (detailed in a contemporary pamphlet) brilliantly. The book focuses on the spooky incision of the magical into the ordinary world of the modern Throckmorton family whose ancestors indeed accused and caused the deaths of three 'witches'. The characters are well-drawn, and the tale, though sometimes sexually explicit or shockingly violent, is a perfect, dark gem. There are one or two divergences from the 'real history' of the case in the modern version, and the reader is left questioning what was really what (and who was who) in a pleasant, shivery way. Point Horror for grown-ups, December 30, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Northamptonshire Very disappointing. Thin characterisation, undistinguished writing, daft plot, and zero sense of the fenland setting. A bit of sexual titillation does not make up for all these shortcomings. I cannot understand why this book has received good reviews. tale of enchantment that turns to revenge and horror., December 18, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from London, England Weird sister is a story that slowly builds into a gruesom tale of revenge and horror. Agnes is a beautiful american woman who a