In New York in January 1919, young Penelope falls into strange states that her own diary cannot explain, and a doctor who works cures by occult methods takes up her case. Five purple marks, a bowl of goldfish, white shapes, a medium named Seraphine and a Confessional Club figure in a story the author says was drawn from real happenings.
A curious period piece from the spiritualist boom after the First World War, part psychic thriller, part study of women’s lives. Download the free EPUB.