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The Crying Child
The Crying Child
Author: Barbara Michaels
Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island, Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge -- and her insistence that she has heard an eerie, childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of t...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425115848
ISBN-10: 0425115844
Publication Date: 4/1/1989
Pages: 289
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 37 ratings
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 4
A woman comes to comfort her sister who has had a miscarriage and is hearing a baby crying at night. They all thought she was losing her mind until her sister hears it, too. A scary story....when I was reading at the end, my husband walked in and said something to me and and I jumped about a foot!
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Helpful Score: 2
The book takes place when a young struggling artist visits her wealthy sister and brother-in-law. Jo's sister Mary just had a third miscarriage, and the loss of her baby is affecting her mentally - she's clinging to the idea of a child out in the woods, who is crying for her and begging for her help. Jo begins to wonder if Mary really is crazy -- but then she hears the crying too.

Jo teams up with her brother in law Ran, and the handsome (but woman-wary) doctor Will Graham, to find out what the crying is. But when the ghostly apparition of a beautiful, sad woman appears, Jo begins to dig into the past of Ran's family, and discovers a web of lies, murder, and terror centering on a lost child...
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Helpful Score: 2
Great book. Couldn't put it down.
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Fine gothic thriller, complete with isolated manor house and a tormented woman lured into the night by the sound of a crying child.


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