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Jessica asked this question about Home Before Dark:
Just finished this and thought it was great, but what's up with the title? What am I missing? I don't remember seeing it in the text and I can't figure out what its significance is.
Greg Title makes no sense to me. But in the 50s and 60s, books with the word 'nurse' in the title automatically sold more books - quality or author had not…moreTitle makes no sense to me. But in the 50s and 60s, books with the word 'nurse' in the title automatically sold more books - quality or author had nothing to do with it. I'm thinking 'dark' is a popular word for a horror title, and who doesn't like 'home', so maybe the title was just auto-generated as one that has words that sells books. I'd have liked as
a title "The Secrets of the House of Horrors", combining both books in this singular book (there are 2 novels here) , but that sorta sounds like Nancy Drew title. Nothing wrong with that though! Some of those later Drew books did have adult themes, like elder abuse, and read pretty good almost 80 years after first publications! Yes, they were Agatha Christie books for very young readers.(less)
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