The Grownup
Published in 2014, The Grownup is a ghost story novella by Gillian Flynn. Key subjects include psychics, Ghost, Fraud and Stepchildren.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, and 75 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.
It runs to roughly 79 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.
About The Grownup
A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan's terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan's teenage stepson, doesn't help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Grownup?
The Grownup was written by Gillian Flynn and first published in 2014.
What genre is The Grownup?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.
How long is The Grownup?
The median edition has 79 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Grownup?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Screaming Staircase, Home Before Dark and Red Lily.
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