Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson Groundswell Speaker 2024

Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson Groundswell Speaker 2024A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery'. An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and

Ships and aeroplane flags

'The book of the year' SUNDAY TIMES

Major themes complement the compelling narrative: an anti-Establishment mood epitomised by the BBC’s controversial That Was The Week That Was

Now all they have in common is a bad day

where she was born and brought up

The story will lead her deep into the Southern Territory - a fascist theocracy that split from the rest of the USA after World War II - before revealing the full weight of X's secrets

Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world

her former lover

Professor Gibson also tells the stories of the ‘witches’ – mostly women like Helena Scheuberin

When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance

of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping

Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times