Read about another entry on the list.The Hundred-Year House, by Rebecca Makkai
This book also has a surplus of wild women, but for my money the real maverick is Zee. Born to privilege, Zee rejected her family’s wealth and made her own way in life, teaching literature at a small Midwestern college. When her slacker husband, Doug, fails to get a job, they have no choice but to move back into her (haunted) childhood home. Zee will do anything, and I mean anything, to get out of that house again. The Hundred-Year House is hard to classify, combining elements of ghost story, mystery, and academic satire. A funky combination, sure, but it works. Watching Doug secretly write YA books for quick cash—while alpha-wife Zee tries to lie, cheat, and burgle him into a tenure-track job at the college—is the most fun I’ve had in ages. The story darts back in time to show us the origin of the house’s ghosts, and everything comes together with a satisfying click.
The Page 69 Test: The Hundred-Year House.
My Book, The Movie: The Hundred-Year House.
--Marshal Zeringue
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