White is for Witching

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award One of GrantaΓÇÖs Best Young British Novelists From the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours,Gingerbreadand Peaces ThereΓÇÖs something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of DoverEngland. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secretsitΓÇÖs been home to four generations of Silver womenΓÇöAnnaJenniferLilyand now Mirandawho has lived in the house with her twin brotherEliotever since their father converted it to a bed-and-breakfast. The Silver women have always had a strong connectiona pull over one another that reaches across time and spaceand when LilyMirandaΓÇÖs motherpasses away suddenly while on a trip abroadMiranda begins suffering strange ailments. An eating disorder starves her. She begins hearing voices. When she brings a friend homeDoverΓÇÖs hostility toward outsiders physically manifests within the four walls of the Silver houseand the lives of everyone inside are irrevocably changed. At once an unforgettable mystery and a meditation on racenationalityand family legaciesWhite is for Witching is a boldly originalterrifyingand elegant novel by a prodigious talent.