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Homebody

by Jason on Nov.23, 2009, under Book Reviews

Book Title: Homebody
Author: Orson Scott Card
Category: Fiction/Thriller
Pages: 430
Summary: Far from my favorite work by Orson Scott Card. One of the
weirdest stories I have read, but Card does have a way with imagery that
makes the story better.

The story is about a man named Don Lark. He is your model older fellow,
who is instilled with lots of morals and values. With a past that still hurts
him to this day, he invest all his time into redoing old houses. While driving
through a town he spots an old abandoned house. As shabby as the house
looks, Don sees real potential in the house, good foundation and design. So
he gets in touch with a local Realtor, who sets a deal up so Don can
purchase the house.

Upon moving into the house to start renovation, he meets a strange pair of old
women next door. They tell him that it would be best to just destroy the house,
because it has mystical powers. Of course he doesn’t believe them and
continues his work.

Soon he finds there is a girl that has been living in the house. At first she annoys
him but soon he ends up looking at her like a daughter. As the story goes on
things start happening in the house that he blames on the girl. When in fact she
doesn’t do any of them. The mystery of her starts to unravel, when he finds
a secret tunnel down in the basement. When he goes in he finds the girls dead
body, and learns that it is just her spirit in the house.

Finally Don sees what he has to do. He loses the girl he came to know as a
daughter, but saves the women next door, by destroying the house and its
hold on people.

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