The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson

The Bird's Nest by Shirley JacksonThe unsettling story of a young woman's descent into mental illness, from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived at the Castle. 'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves her strangely unnoticed. But soon she starts to behave in ways she can neither control nor understand, to the increasing horror of her doctor, and the humiliation

addressing such topics as 'Bloody Men'

and then push themselves off it to get back up to the top

Auntie Bell and me have fresh cream cakes every Saturday

she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis

Composed during the Second World War

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Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality

The horror of his fate has affected his mind

'the journey or the destination

some change your heart

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