The Drowning Girl
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Starred review – Publisher’s Weekly
Winner – Bram Stoker Award for Novel, 2012
Winner – James Tiptree, Jr. Award, 2012
Nominee – Nebula Award for Best Novel
Nominess - Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
Nominee - Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Nominess - World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Hardcover: 336 pages
ISBN: 9780451464163
Publisher: Roc
Date: 2012
SYNOPSIS:
India Morgan Phelps-Imp to her friends-is schizophrenic. Struggling with her perceptions of reality, Imp must uncover the truth about her encounters with creatures out of myth-or from something far, far stranger . . .
SUBJECTS:
Schizophrenia, Friendship, Female friendship, Memories, Imagination, Mental illness
REVIEWS:
“Kiernan evokes the gripping and resonant work of Shirley Jackson in a haunting story that’s half a mad artist’s diary and half fairy tale.” –Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
“…an excellent piece of fiction, both startlingly original and suspenseful.” –Booklist
“…a haunting and eerie tale of ghosts and madness.” –Library Journal