TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purcell,Laura
TI  - The silent companions: a novel 
SN  - 9780143131632
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Widows
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Upper class women
KW  - Country homes
KW  - England
KW  - Ghost stories
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Gothic fiction
KW  - Paranormal fiction
N2  - "When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from the life of wealth and privilege she was expecting. When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But with her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure--a silent companion--that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of The Bridge are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition--that is, until she notices the figure's eyes following her. A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most unsettling kind of fear, this is a tale that creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least expect--much like the silent companions themselves"--
ER  -