Length10h 57m
About this audiobook
A psychological thriller with supernatural overtones, The Birthing House is a tale of one man’s descent into madness, where fantasy and nightmare share the same bed.
In this brilliantly crafted ghost story, a young couple, Conrad and Joanna Harrison, attempt to save their marriage by starting anew in a rural turn-of-the-century former birthing house. One day, when Jo is away at work, the former owner bequeaths a photo album that “belongs to the house.” Thumbing through the antique photos of miserable midwives and pregnant girls in their nineteenth-century dresses, Conrad is chilled to the bone when he sees his own wife staring back at him with rage.
The Birthing House is a story of possession, sexual obsession, and ultimately murder, as a centuries-old crime is reenacted in the present with devastating consequences.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 2.7 (4.8K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing, StoryGraph
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length10 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byEdward Herrmann
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 4, 2009
LanguageEnglish
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