Booked for the Day Discussion Group

Please join us to discuss, A Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Trembley. If you would like to attend, please contact Jean Demas at demasj@lislelibrary.org.

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism and he also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. The family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long-ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.

Please contact Jean Demas, Literacy Librarian, demasj@lislelibrary.org , for more information.