The Thornbacks features ‘weird sisters’ whose reaction to being unloved is to make themselves unlovable to almost everyone – except each other.
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Jackson was overlooked for decades by a predominantly male literary establishment who didn’t know how to categorise her deeply unsettling and uncomfortable writing.
From ghosts and meddling staff to interesting decorating choices, the houses in these books make for great reading.
