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The Raising

The Raising

by Laura Kasischke (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

A sudden death. In Godwin Honors Hall, the walls are draped in black. The college is in mourning for Nicole Werner, a blonde and beautiful prom queen who died in a car crash last semester. She was a straight-A student, and a prized member of the Virgin Sisters, the most powerful sorority on campus. A feverish obsession. Nicole's boyfriend Craig was at the wheel that night. He has no memory of the crash, but he is plagued by guilt. For as winter sets in and the nights darken, Nicole's death dominates college life. Candlelit vigils and fetishistic rituals become nightly events -and then the hauntings begin. A flicker of suspicion. Craig's roommate, Perry, doesn't believe in ghosts. A no-nonsense type who always thought Nicole was as manipulative as she was charming, he refuses to be swept up by the hysteria. But when he and his fellow sceptics join forces, he too sees Nicole's spirit in the crumbling college halls. Something very strange is going on...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 461
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 15 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 0857891545
ISBN 13: 9780857891549
Book Overview: This hypnotic, haunting story of a college obsessed by a student's sudden death is unsettling, unputdownable and unforgettable. The Raising is Corvus 2011's HOTTEST book.

Media Reviews
Shows us an alternate world and lulls us into living in it * New York Times *
Hauntingly original... A tour de force * O, the Oprah Magazine *
Potent and poetic... Such is the agility of [Kasischke's] writing, it can encompass both a heinously nihilistic act and a most magical outcome * Elle Magazine *
Beautifully polished, evocative... gorgeous * Publishers Weekly *
From the first page of THE RAISING, Laura Kasischke tells a story of great weight and wicked beauty . . . Don't bother trying to put it down; it will call you back, and you'll go. Surrender. You'll be glad you did * Amy McKinnon, author of Tethered *
Haunting, unsettling, and unforgettable, THE RAISING limns love, longing, belonging and the things we only think we know about life--and yes, death. Told in knockout, shimmering prose... as hypnotic as it is brilliant * Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You *
Author Bio
Laura Kasischke was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan, where she now teaches in the MFA program and the Residential College. She has published seven collections of poetry, and eight novels. Her writing has won numerous awards, and two of her novels have been made into films, including The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) starring Uma Thurman. She lives with her family in Chelsea, Michigan.