Ghosts of America: Haunting Stories & Paranormal Encounters Across the USA | Supernatural Books for Halloween, Ghost Tours & Spooky Storytelling
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Fiction. Women's Studies.In GHOSTS OF AMERICA, on one unforgettable night, a sexist male novelist undergoes a peculiar transformation after being haunted by the ghosts of the women he has miswritten, Jackie Kennedy and Valerie Solanas. Mary-Louise Parker calls Hagood's work "profoundly unique and honest...somehow executed with an astonishing lack of ego. She will break your heart with her naked sincerity; a masterful, singular writer who sheds light with every page," and Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait with Boy, declares the novel a "rollicking feminist fantasy...irreverent, well-informed, dirty and smart, this novel is an absolute party." "Explosive...a fast and funny revisionist satire" that "throws off plenty of nitro along the way." —Publishers Weekly"Hagood ably plays ventriloquist to Jackie and Valerie, narrating each of the characters, in turn, with elegant, elegiac monologues." —Kirkus Reviews
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1960s female icons Jackie Kennedy and Valerie Solanas (who famously shot Andy Warhol) are brought to life (as ghosts) in this marvelous creation by Caroline Hagood. I thoroughly enjoyed going on their journeys into myth, trauma, philosophy, and feminist theory with nods and winks all over the place and a bubbling humor underneath, for all the seriousness of the subject matter. Hagood's flawed male writer is the perfect person to receive visitations from these two complex women who are wrapped in layers of the myths that men like him have created about them. Each chapter/vignette is sharp and snappy, and the overall structure is guided by Hagood's intelligence and command of her material. A delight.
