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White Is for Witching

Pages
240
Published
2009
Language
English

Synopsis

Miranda Silver struggles with pica, an eating disorder that worsens after her mother's death. She returns to her family's bed-and-breakfast in Dover, a house with a conscious malice towards outsiders. As the house's rage against foreign staff and guests escalates, it unleashes its destructive power. This story blends family politics and national identity into an unforgettable mystery.

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About the author

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Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi is a British novelist and short-story writer, born in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1984 and raised in London from the age of four. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus Girl, while still at school, and has since published the novels The Opposite House, White Is for Witching, Mr Fox, Boy, Snow, Bird, Gingerbread, Peaces, Parasol Against the Axe and A New New Me, along with the story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. She won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2010 and the PEN Open Book Aw...

Characters

Miranda SilverProtagonist
The Silver HouseAntagonist
All characters in White Is for Witching