We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Bow all your heads to our adored Shirley Jackson.🐈‍⬛🍂🫐This week the girls discuss We Have Always Lived In The Castle (1962), Shirley Jackson’s last published novel before her death. Mary Katherine Blackwood, otherwise known as Merricat, lives with her reclusive older sister Constance and her Uncle Julian; the rest of the family, she tells us, is dead. Merricat’s days are marked by routine inspections of the house and its grounds, checking on the magic charms she has installed for protection, playing with her cat Jonas, and dreaded weekly visits into the village where she is taunted and harassed by the villagers. When Cousin Charles shows up at their door in search of the Blackwood fortune, Merricat’s world is turned upside down - and she takes it upon herself to expel the intruder, by whatever means necessary.Follow us at @weirdgirlbookclub_pod on IG, or we will leave leaves and broken sticks in your bed. Happy Halloween! x🎃