The haunting of Alma Fielding : a true ghost story

Summerscale, Kate

Published by London: Bloomsbury Circus, 2020

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Summerscale, Kate. The haunting of Alma Fielding : a true ghost story. First edition, flat-signed by the author to title page. London: Bloomsbury Circus, 2020. Hardback, near fine, in unclipped dustjacket with 'signed by the author' sticker to front. Black boards with blue lettering inside text box to spine. Binding strong and tight. Decorated endpapers. 345pp., b/w photo portrait and illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Objects flying, doors slamming and a terrapin appearing out of thin air . . .in her best book since The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, the author tackles the strange case of a 1930s poltergeist. Kate Summerscale tells the story of Alma Fielding, a working-class wife and mother from Croydon who in 1938 became a one-woman forcefield of domestic weirdness. Crockery flew around the family s end-of-terrace; a Bakelite radio smashed itself on the tiled floor; and the wardrobe, living up to its reputation for bad temper, hurled itself across the bed usually occupied by the Fieldings teenage son, who had sensibly gone to stay next door. Then there were the apports , the material objects that 35-year-old Fielding apparently materialised from thin air. Jewellery stolen from British Home Stores appeared on her fingers, beetles scuttled out of her gloves and once, during a car journey, a live terrapin, scaly, thrusting and slightly obscene, turned up on her lap (The Guardian). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1689002833494

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Title: The haunting of Alma Fielding : a true ghost...

Publisher: London: Bloomsbury Circus

Publication Date: 2020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition