Her father, John, is unemployed, leaving her mother, Sarah, to serve as the home's sole breadwinner while their savings account is slowly drained of resources. It is later revealed that Karen is actually a pseudonym for Merry.Īs we follow Merry as a precocious 8-year-old, we see that her home life is strained. There are also a few chapters containing posts from a blog called 'The Last Final Girl.' This blog, which is written by a girl named Karen, is diving into a deconstruction of the reality TV show that Merry and her family starred in called The Possession. Merry tells this story to a writer named Rachel Neville, These flashbacks are what serve as the narrative going forward in the novel, with a few chapters that show Merry and Rachel in the present. The book is told from the perspective of Meredith 'Merry' Barrett, a 23-year-old who is finally ready to share details of the horrific incidents that occurred when she was 8-years-old. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface-and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie’s younger sister, Merry. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.

With John, Marjorie’s father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts’ plight. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help.

To her parents’ despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie’s descent into madness. The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.

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