A House With Good Bones

T. Kingfisher’s A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep,dark roots of family and in which grandma’s ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburbfamily secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailboxstaring at the house. Insideeverything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead the walls are a sterile white. NowitΓÇÖs very important to say grace before dinnerand her mother wonΓÇÖt hear a word against SamΓÇÖs long-dead and little-missed grandmotherwho was the first to put down roots in this small southern town. The longer Sam staysthe stranger things get. And every daymore vultures circle overhead… ΓÇ£I was compelled to read the book in one breathlesswhite-knuckled sitting. Vulturesladybugsand underground childrenoh my!\