{"product_id":"9781035030897-witchcraft-for-wayward-girls","title":"Witchcraft for Wayward Girls","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Southern Gothic, feminist horror set in a maternity home in the 1970s from Grady Hendrix, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow To Sell A Haunted House \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Final Girl Support Group.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Chillingly addictive’ – \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A perfect horror for our imperfect age’ – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this twisted, unforgettable horror novel, a group of young girls turn to a dark, ancient magic. From Grady Hendrix, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Sell a Haunted House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Final Girl Support Group.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd where every moment of their waking day is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune. Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s always a price to be paid . and it’s usually paid in blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003eWITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I was drawn in from the very first page’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gave me chills’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Tackles female rage brilliantly’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Disturbing but brilliant’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitchcraft for Wayward Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was a No. 5 Sunday Times bestseller the w\/e 18th January 2025.\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414829347190,"sku":"9781035030897","price":8.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39012870_b9d5af40-ba66-4ba6-b348-9d326df8fbd2.jpg?v=1766027111","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035030897-witchcraft-for-wayward-girls","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}