The Little Stranger
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners mother, son and daughter struggling to keep pace. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
An amazing ghost story, very suspenseful.
A complex, psychological thriller, Waters’ book places a crumbling “great house” as centre character in a novel that documents the sweeping changes in English society following World War II. Through a ghost story on the surface, The Little Stranger quickly challenges the reader to question the nature of sanity, perception and the strength of familial ties.