A novel by jennifer mcmahon dont breathe a word is a haunting pageturner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime. Click to read more about dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon. I loved promise not to tell and was highly disappointed by dismantled. Her latest book, dont breathe a word, is a page turning thriller, drawing again on the exploration of past influencing present, and how childhood beliefs shape the future. Joshilyn jackson, new york times bestselling author of gods in alabama and backseat saints. Jennifer mcmahons novels are like the perfect winter truffle.
Click to read more about don t breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the king of the fairies and become his queen. Unfortunately, i was disappointed in a transparent plot that smacks of otherworldliness but fails to deliver any real substance. Promise not to tell, island of lost girls, dismantled, dont breathe a word, and the one i left behind. Phoebe realized how very wrong shed been about this house, this family. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon, lily rains narrator publishing info. May 17, 2011 dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon, 9780061689376, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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Buy don t breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon online at alibris. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon, 9780061689376, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. She and the other children of the town of harmony were always warned to stay out of the woods. The 1st book is still my favorite the winter people, but dont breathe a word is a great story. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon i am about halfway through dont say a word and im looking for other people who have read it and would like to discuss. Details about dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon 2011. Alternating chapters are strictly divided between present day and fifteen years ago. Lisa had found the book down in the cellar hole that morning. Dont breathe a word is a novel about sam and his missing sister, lisa. Review by bam associate lindsay c i have read all other books by this author and i am never disappointed.
This atmospheric and surreal novel centers on a girl named lisa who disappeared in the woods 15 years ago. Buy a cheap copy of dont breathe a word book by jennifer mcmahon. Its kinda weird, a little spooky but at the same time really interesting. Buy dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon online at alibris. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon librarything. Dont breathe a word is the third jennifer mcmahon book ive read. For the first twothirds of the book youre sure its fantasy and that this somewhat malevolent take on fairies is the explanation to it all. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon 2011, paperback.
Near the end of the book, phoebe realizes it was a funny thing to think that. She has a civil union with her partner drea, and one child, daughter zella. From new york times bestselling author jennifer mcmahon comes five dark and chilling novels in one e book, including. Joshilyn jackson, author of gods in alabama and backseat saints jennifer mcmahon never flinches and never fails to surpriseas she weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where rosemarys baby could be at home. She is a graduate of goddard college, and studied poetry at vermont college her debut novel, promise not to tell, was published by harper paperbacks. Dont breathe a word begins in the past and then moves back and forth between the past and present with different sections belonging to different characters. This is the 2nd book ive read from jennifer mcmahon. On a soft summer night in vermont, 12yearold lisa went in. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon synopsis from back cover. Either way, this adult novel gave me the creeps in a good way and has me seeking out other books by mcmahon. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon free ebooks.
But, boy oh boy, does she do it in a very creepy fashion. Randy susan meyers, author of the murderers daughters jennifer mcmahon s novels are like the perfect winter truffle. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Mcmahons oft used style of alternating chapters of past and present, deftly sorting and blending the two.
Jennifer mcmahon, quote from dont breathe a word what if things happened to youspecial, magic thingsbecause youd been preparing for them. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The novels many layers of illusions, lies, and fairy tales unfold for phoebe, lisa, and the. Details about dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon. Don t breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon synopsis from back cover. Randy susan meyers, author of the murderers daughters jennifer mcmahons novels are like the perfect winter truffle. Near the end of the book, phoebe realizes it was a. May 17, 2011 don t breathe a word balances love and horror as mcmahon weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where rosemarys baby could be at home.
On a soft summer night in vermont, twelveyearold lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Dont breathe a word is a haunting pageturner that kept me up, spine shivering and enthralled, way past my bedtime. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told. May 05, 2016 jennifer mcmahon returns with a vengeance with dont breathe a wordan absolutely chilling and ingenious combination of psychological thriller, literary suspense, and paranormal pageturner that will enthrall a wildly diverse audience including, among others, avid fans of keith donohue the stolen child, laura lippman id know you. I thoroughly enjoyed mcmahons dismantled and was anticipating another such thriller in dont breathe a word. Dont breathe a word jennifer mcmahon 9780061689376. Dont breathe a word jennifer mcmahon and, most of the time, the rest of the novel lives up to it.
Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon book cover, description, publication history. After a childhood of fairy tales and being told the fairies lived in the woods, lisa disappeared into the woods that summer all those years ago, leaving her. Author mcmahon has mentioned the primary characters in the story of the book as lisa, sam, phoebe, etc. Don t breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon i am about halfway through don t say a word and im looking for other people who have read it and would like to discuss. Don t breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon overview in this dark tale from a new york timesbestselling author, one couple is caught in a seemingly supernatural web of fairies that links them to a young girls disappearance 15 years earlier. Dont breathe a word balances love and horror as mcmahon weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where rosemarys baby could be at home.
On a soft summer night in vermont, 12yearold lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. May 16, 2011 jennifer mcmahon island of the lost girls and promise not to tell weaves her latest supernatural, dark, fantasy tale of fairies and other unmentionables that go bump in the night. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon free ebooks download. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Dont breathe a word by jennifer mcmahon 9780061689376. Toward the end of jennifer mcmahons dont breath a word, phoebe. Jennifer mcmahon born 1968 in hartford, connecticut is a novelist who formerly resided in barre, vermont and now lives in montpelier, vermont. Two young lovers find themselves ensnared in a seemingly supernatural web that ties them to a young girls disappearance fifteen years earlier in this dark.
Dont breathe a word in this dark tale from a new york timesbestselling author, one couple is caught in a seemingly supernatural web of fairies that links them to a young girls disappearance 15 years earlier. Jennifer mcmahon island of the lost girls and promise not to tell weaves her latest supernatural, dark, fantasy tale of fairies and other unmentionables that go bump in the night. May 17, 2011 on a soft summer night in vermont, 12yearold lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Promise not to tella chilling novel about a woman whose past and present collide when she returns to her small hometown to care for her aging. Joshilyn jackson, author of gods in alabama and backseat saints jennifer mcmahon never flinches and never fails to surpriseas she weaves a young couple into a perverse fairyland where rosemarys baby could be.
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