· The Bus on Thursday. Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. It wasn’t just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett’s life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. · "A horror novel about a breast cancer survivor told in the voice of your funniest but most anxious friend, The Bus on Thursday is an appealing mix of genres that is both fluffy and deeply affecting at the same time." —Maris Kreizman, Vulture "Barrett’s novel abounds with a steadily advancing dread, even as it's tempered by bursts of bleak www.doorway.ru · THE BUS ON THURSDAY. by Shirley Barrett ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, While recovering from breast cancer, a woman takes a job as a teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in an isolated Australian town, where she is beset by both inner and outer demons. Eleanor Mellett is in her early 30s, recently single, and in recovery from cancer treatments that have culminated in a Author: Shirley Barrett.
The Bus On Thursday. The following is an exclusive excerpt from The Bus on Thursday, a darkly humorous new mystery from Australian writer and filmmaker Shirley Barrett. In the following passage, a pond conceals a grotesque surprise. So then I do this very strange thing. Shirley Barrett has crafted a quirky, one-of-kind, wild ride of a novel with demons, kangaroos, a missing school teacher, a remote town where things are strangely off-kilter, and wonderfully bizarre cast of characters. The Bus on Thursday is a darkly funny and deeply unsettling novel you'll devour in one sitting -- Jennifer McMahon. And what the hell is that bus doing idling outside her house late, late at night? Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in Twin Peaks. Darkly funny, deeply unsettling and surprisingly poignant, Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday is a strange and wild ride for all fans of Helen Fielding, Maria Semple, David Lynch and Stephen King.
The Bus on Thursday. Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. It wasn’t just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett’s life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it. THE BUS ON THURSDAY. by Shirley Barrett ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, While recovering from breast cancer, a woman takes a job as a teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in an isolated Australian town, where she is beset by both inner and outer demons. Eleanor Mellett is in her early 30s, recently single, and in recovery from cancer treatments that have culminated in a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. "A horror novel about a breast cancer survivor told in the voice of your funniest but most anxious friend, The Bus on Thursday is an appealing mix of genres that is both fluffy and deeply affecting at the same time." —Maris Kreizman, Vulture "Barrett’s novel abounds with a steadily advancing dread, even as it's tempered by bursts of bleak humor.
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