Description
"Equal parts Harlequin romance, Gothic horror story and Camusian moral tale." -- GLOBE AND MAIL
Nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award
From the bestselling author of Drunk Mom, comes a story of romantic obsession, mental illness, and self-discovery as one woman travels to a haunted quarantine island.
Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed -- by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped.
After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Intimate and erotic, Possessed is a dark and funny story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Author: Jowita Bydlowska
Publisher: Rare Machines
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781459748071
ISBN10: 1459748077
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Ghost
- Fiction | Literary
Nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award
From the bestselling author of Drunk Mom, comes a story of romantic obsession, mental illness, and self-discovery as one woman travels to a haunted quarantine island.
Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed -- by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped.
After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Intimate and erotic, Possessed is a dark and funny story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Author: Jowita Bydlowska
Publisher: Rare Machines
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781459748071
ISBN10: 1459748077
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Ghost
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Jowita Bydlowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, and moved to Canada as a teenager. She has published two bestselling books: the memoir Drunk Mom and a novel, Guy, as well as dozens of short stories in various magazines and journals. Jowita lives in Toronto.