6/19/2023 0 Comments The turning book francine prose![]() Is the house haunted? What's up with all the significant glances between Miles and Flora? Is Jack seeing people or ghosts? Is his girlfriend cheating on him with her ex? Jack's mind starts to spin. ![]() There's lots of rumors about bad happenings on the island and in the house. Other people have died on the island as well. There's a cook, Linda, who lives year round with the kids who has become a stand-in mother. Miles and Flora were orphaned when their parents were killed in a train crash in India and are now provided for by their rich uncle who wants nothing to do with them. Jack needs to raise money to attend the same college as his girlfriend. Jack got the job through his girlfriend's father, a father who supposedly wants Jack away from his daughter. The Turning tells the story of Jack, a teen who accepts a summer job living on an isolated island taking care of two kids, Miles and Flora. ![]() And it is October, time for creepy reads. ![]() I haven't read any fiction by Francine Prose, but I enjoy her book, Reading Like a Writer. ![]() The blurb I'd read made it sound creepy and the cover looks somewhat creepy in a Harry Potteresque kind of way, so I bought it. I don't recall where I saw this book advertised online, but I didn't realize it was categorized as a young adult novel until I was asking for it at the bookstore. ![]()
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