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A thrilling tale that takes the reader back to Slovakia, in the very early 1600's. The protagonist, Betsy Path, is a Jungian psychoanalyst, as was her father. Daisy Hart is a current teen patient of Dr. Path's, a haunted Goth with a terrifying tendency to quit breathing when certain memories overcome her. As a Jungian psychoanalyst, Betsy has been taught of the collective subconscious of humanity. Jung believed all people are connected, and the dreams of one person reveal the past, present and f
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Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Slovakia was convicted of 80 murders of young servant women in 1610. She believed that bathing in blood would keep her young looking. It was only when noble women were included in her torture sessions that King Matthias of Hungary stepped in and had her arrested (no one paid attention as long as she killed poor peasants). Linda Lafferty takes this legend and creates an entertaining historical fiction.
May 21, 2014
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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