A struggling playwright rents eerie Hill House to rehearse her play, only for the mansion’s dark forces to turn on her troupe.
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A struggling playwright rents eerie Hill House to rehearse her play, only for the mansion’s dark forces to turn on her troupe.
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From award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever novel authorized to return to the world of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House -- an "e erily beautiful, strangely seductive, and genuinely upsetting " (Alix E. Harrow) new story of isolation and longing perfect for our present time. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Harper's Bazaar Open the door . . . . Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after recei...
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Sexual content
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Central sapphic relationship with infidelity; no graphic sex scenes
Violence & gore
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On-page deaths and blood; eerie creatures and supernatural peril
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Drug abuse themes; weed gummies and substance use among cast
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central sapphic couple; bisexual characters and infidelity subplot
Religious content
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Brief neo-pagan references among characters
Magic & witchcraft
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Play about witches; art framed as folk magic and conjuring
Occult / demonology
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Central haunting with apparitions, possession themes, time slips
Political content
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Themes of ageism, misogyny, and feminist repression
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation discussed; mentions of suicide
Abuse & suffering
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Past child sexual abuse, grooming, rape, and physical abuse mentioned
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