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White is for witching / Helen Oyeyemi.

Oyeyemi, Helen. (Author).

Summary:

"Miranda is at home - homesick, home sick..." As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to consume nonedible substances. The death of her mother when Miranda is sixteen exacerbates her condition; nothing, however, satisfies a strange hunger passed down through the women in her family. And then there's the family house in Dover, England, converted to a bed-and-breakfast by Miranda's father. Dover has long been known for its hostility toward outsiders. But The Silver House manifests a more conscious malice toward strangers, dispatching those visitors it despises. Enraged by the constant stream of foreign staff and guests, the house finally unleashes its most destructive power.

Record details

ISBN: 0385526059
ISBN: 9780385526050
Physical Description: 227 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition in the U.S.
Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published simultaneously in 2009, under the title Pie-kah, in Great Britain by Picador, London."--title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:	"Published simultaneously, under the title Pie-kah, in Great Britain by Picador, London, in 2009"--T.p. verso