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If you think is the best book ever, can anyone recommend other similar books/stories? No horror or ghosts needed - just that perfect psychological thriller. Anyone??? Please???

Freya Clausen The Bloody Chamber: Angela Carter

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I was just listening to this again and I've started to wonder something. With Uncle Julian's weird declaration that Merricat died in the orphanage could it be possible that Merricat is a 'personality' of Constance's? There are quite a few things that could stand against it but also some things that could support it. What do you guys think?

Elyse

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Who else thinks of Grey Gardens when reading this book?

Patricia Yes! Didn't occur to me at the time but I can see the similarity.
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Did anyone else get the feeling that Constance is actually Mary Katherine's mother? What do you make of Uncle Julian claiming that Mary Katherine died in the orphanage?

GracieKat It threw me for a minute and almost made me wonder if Merricat was a ghost but far too many people interact with her for her to be a ghost.

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