The Eighth House
a mother, a murder, an obsession
$36.46
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2024
Summary
The Ghost in the Archives: An Obsession with the Eighth House
In the archives of the national library, a researcher named Linda sees a nine-year-old girl’s face in the pages of a yellowed newspaper, and the seed of an obsession is planted in her mind.
Birgitta Sivander was brutally murdered one night in May 1948. The culprit was never found. Linda feels a deep connection to Birgitta, and in the months that follow she compulsively researches the case.
Meanwhile, a lif…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804184318 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804184314 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Linda Segtnan |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 147mm x 31mm |
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‘A genre-transcending true crime- story … [and] a raw portrayal of the fragility of parenthood.’ - Barometern‘A daring debut.’ - Svenska Dagbladet“Linda Segtnan audaciously faces her ow n worst fears as a mother in a book at once devastatingly moving, rigorously thoughtful and sweepingly ambitious” - Lara Feigel, author of The Bitter Taste of Victory“Evocative and poetic. The Eighth House contrasts of all the hope that comes with bringing life into the world with the terror of knowing the danger that can lie ahead. The result is fascinating, chilling and utterly haunting” - Catherine Cho, author of Inferno: A memoir of motherhood and madness
About The Author
Elizabeth Clark Wessel
Linda Segtnan (Author)
Linda Segtnan was born in 1986 and works as a historical researcher in Stockholm. The Eighth House is her first book.
Elizabeth Clark Wessel (Translator)
Elizabeth Clark Wessel has translated books by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde, Carolina Setterwall, Kristina Lugn, Joakim Zander, and many others. Her co-translation of Astroecology by Johannes Heldén was longlisted for the 2018 Best Translated Book Award, and her translation of Knock Knock by Anders Roslund was recently shortlisted for the Petrona Award. A collection of her poetry, None of It Belongs to Me, is forthcoming in 2024 from Game Over Books.
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