The Bird's Nest
Back Cover Text:author of The Sundial
A girl trapped in a nightmare more horrifying than madness..."Shirley Jackson's best novel...brilliant, swift, masterful, frightening" - Chicago Sunday Tribune
WHO WAS ELIZABETH RICHMOND?
- Was she the girl who called herself Elizabeth, a dull, unimaginative creature without feelings or friends?
- Was she Beth, a sweet, sunny, outgoing young lady who charmed everyone who met her?
- Was she Betsy, wanton and wild, mocking society and breaking its taboos?
- Was she Bess, arrogant, spoiled, demanding, a poor little rich girl who had never grown up?
No one knew the answer, not her spinster aunt, or her doctor, or the girl herself...
Here is Shirley Jackson's greatest triumph - a novel that takes you into the deepest recesses of a young woman's four-way-divided soul as with mounting suspense you move toward the final shattering revelation of the hidden, startling truth.
"A classic!" - New York Times
"A master hand at terror!" - San Francisco Chronicle
"This is Shirley Jackson at her best!" - Saturday Review