Horrid - EN - Katrina Leno - Hardcover - Owlcrate signed edition

Is this grief? Mental illness? Or something more.. Horrid?

Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom, Ruthellen, move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where Ruth grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone...and more tortured.

As the cold New England autumn arrives and Jane settles into her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making friends, but Jane also face bullying from the resident "bad seed" and struggles to tamp down her own worst nature in response. Ruth seems to be spiraling with the return to her childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the "storage room" Ruth has kept locked isn't for storage at all, it's a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears.