Witchcraft For Wayward Girls

By (author) Hendrix Grady

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By (author) Hendrix Grady
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A Southern Gothic, feminist horror set in a maternity home in the 1970s from Grady Hendrix, the New York Times bestselling author of How To Sell A Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group.
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A twisted Southern Gothic horror the New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group.

‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’

They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.

Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune. Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.

Every moment of their waking day is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.

Twisted and smart’ – Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street and Nowhere Burning

Amazing’ – Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher

‘A morally complex and genuinely haunting and moving tale’ – Paul Tremblay, author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World


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This book is so twisted and smart, it could hide behind a spiral staircase. It''s got such a warm beating heart, and it broke mine several times. As soon as I finished, I wanted to start all over again
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There’s spells, there’s witches, and then there’s the magic Grady Hendrix conjures up in this amazing novel
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A morally complex and genuinely haunting and moving tale. I couldn''t put it down once I started
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Grady Hendrix’s Witchcraft for Wayward Girls will delight fans new and old with his convincing rendering of characters juggling pregnancy and magic, childhood and adulthood, helplessness and power – and of course good and evil. Another nail-biter not to be missed!
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This is Satan''s School for Girls or The Initiation of Sarah . . . horror, social comment and wicked black humour
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is terrifying, darkly funny, moving, immersive, and deeply relevant – a page-turner that will keep you up until one in the morning . . . Grady Hendrix is at the top of his game
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Grady Hendrix does it again, only better . . . Enchanting and entertaining
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Full of hexes and heart, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is Hendrix''s best novel yet!
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Captivating from the start, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls takes readers on an incredible journey exploring female victimization and empowerment . . . that may or may not entail tapping into the dark magic within. A phenomenal read for witches everywhere!
More Information
Author By (author) Hendrix Grady
Date Of Publication Jan 16, 2025
EAN 9781035069668
Contributors Hendrix Grady
Publisher Tor Nightfire
Languages English
Country of Publication United Kingdom
Width 165 mm
Height 243 mm
Thickness 43 mm
Product Forms Hardback
Availability in Stores Global
Weight 0.730000
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