First published 2019
Augusten Burroughs' family is cursed, or so it seems. Odd occurrences plague their household - objects move on their own, ghostly voices whisper in the night. As Augusten navigates the strange supernatural forces at play, he must also confront the dark truths of his family's troubled history. A spellbinding exploration of family, memory, and the power of the unseen. Toil and Trouble is a gripping blend of memoir and supernatural mystery, where the ghosts of the past refuse to be silenced.
Genres: family, mystery, supernatural, memoir
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
336 pages · Paperback · St. Martin's Griffin