From the bestselling author of Drunk Mom, comes a story of romantic obsession, mental illness, and self-discovery as one woman travels to a haunted quarantine island. Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed — by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn’t promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Intimate and erotic, Possessed is a dark and funny story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural. A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Possessed!
According to the author, the novel is largely based on truth and developed from Penelope's diary and other eye-witnesses' accounts.
This book describes various instances of demon possession and communicating with spirits throughout history including the Salem witch trials, possession in ancient cultures, and as portrayed by the film industry.
Who do you trust when you can no longer trust your own mind?
To them I now gratefully dedicate this book."--the author.
The diary, the most complete account of an exorcism since the Middle Ages, is published for the first time in this revised edition of Possessed.
Love and the novel, the individual in history, the existential plight of the graduate student: all find their place in The Possessed.
Molly`s father Jack decided it might be a good idea to call a priest to see if she was possessed. Jack got in touch with Father Ryan whose church is about a mile from where they live.
Ninety-one-year-old Magnolia Shelby wants to bequeath to Pat, in her will, her house and acreage in rural Virginia. The only condition is that Pat must visit during the first week of May in order to learn what this is all about.
"Can a mother in jeopardy melt the heart of a jaded vampire?