Young Adult Bookclub: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Introducing our brand new book club for teens, run by newly retired Napa County school teacher Barbara Poyser. Join us on Wednesday, November 19th @ 6:00pm for a discussion of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. This is a free event but we appreciate your RSVP at the link so we can prepare for your arrival.

Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret.
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Shirley Jackson (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

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