The Between
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Tananarive Due
“An extraordinary work of humane imagination . . . call it magic realism with soul.”—Locus“Finely honed . . . always engages and frequently surprises.”—New York Times Book ReviewA man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural from the award-winning pioneer of speculative fiction and author of the classic My Soul to Keep. When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons lurking outside are matched by his internal terrors—macabre nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he has ever experienced. Are these bizarre dreams the dark imaginings of a man losing his hold on sanity—or are they harbingers of terrible events to come? As Hilton battles both the sociopath threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying enemy stalking his sleep, the line between reality and fantasy dissolves . . . Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between is the haunting story of a man desperately trying to hold on to the people and life he loves as he slowly loses himself.
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Author
Tananarive Due
Pages
288
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2011-12-13
ISBN
0062120603 9780062120601
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"What a great, perfectly constructed, mind bending story! This has a similar dual horror element (protagonists internal horror/struggle, as well as the general overall horror situation) as The Haunting of Hill House, and it also shares the expert writing by the author, but the similarities end there. This is an exceptional read, can’t recommend it strongly enough."
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CaitVD
""He was changing, in small pieces. He was losing himself."<br/><br/>The Ladies of Horror Fiction chose this book as a readalong pick for Women in Horror Month and Black History Month, and I'm so happy this is the book we read. The Between was my introduction to Tananarive Due, and I was so impressed by her debut novel.<br/><br/>I'm not going to say very much in this review because you should just read it. I don't want to give anything away. This story is a haunting descent into madness, and I was thinking about it even when I wasn't reading it. <br/><br/>I'm planning to read more from Tananarive Due soon, and this book definitely made me a fan!"
"I couldn’t put it down! I highly recommend this book 10/10"
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Melani