First published 2008
The McCorkle family returns home to find their life in shambles. Patriarch Cornelius and matriarch Bella are reeling from the funeral of their elder son, while their remaining children Joanie and Charlie spiral into chaos. As the crumbling family home mirrors their fractured lives, the McCorkles must confront the ghosts of their past and the fraying bonds holding them together.
Genres: fiction, drama, family, 20th-century, gothic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: McCorkle Family Home
Period: 20th Century
128 pages · Paperback · New Directions
Content warnings: death, mental-illness