a book about so much - fate, destiny, redemption, power. But Chbosky's true skill is in turning a book of absolute horrors - both fantastical and real - into an uplifting yarn.

an ambitious tale narrated through multiple perspectives, mashing together horror, fairy tales and the (rewritten) Bible. 'Twenty years after his smash hit novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky returns. One of Fall 2019's Best Books ( People, EW, LitHub, Vox, Bustle, Washington Post, Associated Press, and more) Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. Just one highway in, one highway out.Īt first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. One of Fall 2019's Best Books ( People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more)Ī young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.Ĭhristopher is seven years old.

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