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Summary: One of my all time favorite books
Review: I got my copy of Ammie Come Home when my school library was discarding books, and I'm glad that they did. I feel that this book is simply wonderful. The characters natures are subtly reveled, and within a short period of time you feel as if you have known them for your whole life. The imagery is superb, as is the dialogue. This is one of my favorite books, and I have read it over twenty times, I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in history, the supernatural, romance, or just a good story.
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Summary: Ammie come home.
Review: I have a paperback copy circa 1968. The opening pages set up much like a typical treatment of horror and as the announcers usually proclaim "unspeakable horror". However Ms. Michaels narrative soon becomes a psychological puzzle involving the primary characters, both living and dead. I have read the book a dozen times in the last 10 or 15 years(I always manage to rediscover it from time to time). I still feel the same bone deep chills as the plot unfolds. Upon turning the last page, I am overcome with the sense that this story of human compulsion is one that is stamped upon the history of the human race. We know what we should do, but are led to disaster by forces within ourselves apparently beyond our control. This is no ordinary ghost story, but a commentary on the human experience. Still If you are looking for a ghost story that will have you hiding under the covers, I recommend this one.
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Summary: This book was made into a TV movie!!!!
Review: I have read this book about 10 times and it still scares me! The book was made into a movie in 1970 starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, and Kitty Winn (of Exorcist fame). The movie was called "The House That Would Not Die" Excellent book to movie adaption. I would recommend it, if you can find it playing late at night.
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Summary: Can't put it down!
Review: I read this book all yesterday. What if I missed something? A young niece comes to live with her aunt and go to school in 1960's Georgetown; she becomes in tune with the "cold spot" in the living room....etc. Full of ghostly encounters and researching historical/local sources to track down what may have happened to cause the haunting. There is the typical set up of two couples in a haunted house (romance)and a big load of arguments coming from a young student and an anthropology professor. Bascially, HONESTLY quite alot of this book is about the deduction and means of a haunting, from "psychological" and "anthropological" aspects, among others. Barbara Michaels is having fun arguing with herself on the possibility and plausibility of ghosts. How to explain them? It almost is like shes trying to convince herself, in paperback form, of why she should believe in something that shes profitted from. The fictional SUPERNATURAL! Around this argument, is the backdrop of the 60's and the hippie generation. Its interesting---what a time and place to write; however, I was not part of that era, so I can only get tantalizing snipets from a seemingly first hand account of the scariness of the 60s and 70s. Yikes! But the two young people aren't too bad, just your average, ageless college students. HONESTLY, the book will keep you enthralled and you can skip over the deduction stuff if you wanna; if you already believe in GHOSTS and just wanna have a good time. Its a good one; not her best but not her worst.
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Summary: ammie come home
Review: I was dissappointed by this book. I thought it was a bit draggy at times and could not wait to get through it.
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Summary: truly frightening!
Review: I've enjoyed reading "scary" stories for years - so I'm not a novice horror reader. I won't repeat any of the already adequate summaries - but I found I had to leave lights on in the house on the nights I was reading this book! ENJOY! Michaels' characters are wonderful.
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Summary: Among Scariest Books I Ever read!
Review: I, like the reviewer just before me, read this book many, many years ago. It sticks in my mind years later as one of the scariest and creepiest books I ever read. I remember lying on the bed in my son's room late at night so I would not disturb my husband who was asleep in our bedroom, and almost feeling a presence in the room with me, the writing is so powerful! I can remember being so afraid that I was scared to walk down the hall to our room after I finished it! I remember the details, but will not go into them here for lack of space, just take my word that it is an extremely good story and will give you chill bumps for years to come! It is one of the many reasons that I love Barbara Michaels' books to this day, and I have read almost every one she has written, with the exception of one, which I just ordered and I don't know how I missed it!
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Summary: Among Scariest Books I Ever read!
Review: I, like the reviewer just before me, read this book many, many years ago. It sticks in my mind years later as one of the scariest and creepiest books I ever read. I remember lying on the bed in my son's room late at night so I would not disturb my husband who was asleep in our bedroom, and almost feeling a presence in the room with me, the writing is so powerful! I can remember being so afraid that I was scared to walk down the hall to our room after I finished it! I remember the details, but will not go into them here for lack of space, just take my word that it is an extremely good story and will give you chill bumps for years to come! It is one of the many reasons that I love Barbara Michaels' books to this day, and I have read almost every one she has written, with the exception of one, which I just ordered and I don't know how I missed it!
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Summary: A spine tingling ghost storie that makes you believe
Review: It has been a long time since I have read Ammie, Come Home, but it is a book I will never forget. Barbara Michaels draws interesting characters in vivid reality, and then slowly introduces the ghostly presences that threaten their lives.In many tales, writers have a hard time making you believe...Barbara Michaels does it so well this book lingers in my mind decades after I read it.
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Summary: A spine tingling ghost storie that makes you believe
Review: It has been a long time since I have read Ammie, Come Home, but it is a book I will never forget. Barbara Michaels draws interesting characters in vivid reality, and then slowly introduces the ghostly presences that threaten their lives. In many tales, writers have a hard time making you believe...Barbara Michaels does it so well this book lingers in my mind decades after I read it.
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