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The Road Through the Wall

Shirley Jackson

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were "nice" people -- especially the residents themselves. Among the self-satisfied group were: Mrs Merriam, the sanctimonious shrew who was turning her husband into a nonentity and her daughter into a bigoted spinster; Mr Roberts, who found relief from the street's unending propriety in shoddy side-street amours; Miss Fielding, who considered it more important to boil an egg properly than to save a disturbed girl from destruction. It took the gruesome act of a desperate boy who lived among them to pierce the shell of their complacency and force them to see their own ugliness.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Popular Library

Release: May 01, 1976

ISBN: 044503128X

ISBN 13: 9780445031289

The Road Through the Wall

Shirley Jackson

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were "nice" people -- especially the residents themselves. Among the self-satisfied group were: Mrs Merriam, the sanctimonious shrew who was turning her husband into a nonentity and her daughter into a bigoted spinster; Mr Roberts, who found relief from the street's unending propriety in shoddy side-street amours; Miss Fielding, who considered it more important to boil an egg properly than to save a disturbed girl from destruction. It took the gruesome act of a desperate boy who lived among them to pierce the shell of their complacency and force them to see their own ugliness.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Popular Library

Release: May 01, 1976

ISBN: 044503128X

ISBN 13: 9780445031289

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