Imaginary Friend
From the author of The Perks Of Being a Wallflower
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3.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
'Astonishing ... Genius ... A masterpiece'
EMMA WATSON
'Haunting and thrilling'
JOHN GREEN, author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
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IMAGINE...
Leaving your house in the middle of the night.
Knowing your mother is doing her best, but she's just as scared as you.
IMAGINE...
Starting a new school, making friends.
Seeing how happy it makes your mother.
Hearing a voice, calling out to you.
IMAGINE...
Following the signs, into the woods.
Going missing for six days.
Remembering nothing about what happened.
IMAGINE...
Something that will change everything...
And having to save everyone you love.
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'Unputdownable ... You'll fall in love with these characters. That's why they stay with you, like a haunting.'
R. J. PALACIO, author of WONDER
'An extraordinary book. The pages practically turn themselves.'
GREER HENDRICKS & SARAH PEKKANEN, authors of THE WIFE BETWEEN US
'A fearsome, remarkably ambitious novel that breaks through the boundaries of the genre to become epic - in all the best senses of the word."
LINCOLN CHILD, #1 New York Times bestseller
'A simply extraordinary reading experience. Utterly unique. A tremendous read, every bit worth the wait.'
BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This book feels like a true literary event. Since the 1999 release of the incendiary and wildly entertaining The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky has carved a successful career writing and directing for screen. Befitting the arc of a man compelled to explore diverse new projects at every turn, his return to novel writing is a horror story. And a horror so scary even Stephen King might not want to read at night. Chbosky introduces us to single mother Kate who, with her son Christopher, flees an abusive relationship to start a new life. Christopher then mysteriously disappears only to return six days later seemingly physically fine—but mentally scarred. We don’t want to give too much more away, but from here it’s as unsettling and innovative a horror tale as we’ve come across in some time. We’re rattled even imagining the movie adaptation…
