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The Haunting (Nixon novel)
1998 young adult novel by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Haunting is a mystery novel for young adults by American writer Joan Lowery Nixon, first published in 1998.[1][2]
Plot summary
[edit]As the story opens, Lia, 15, is at her great-grandmother Sarah's bedside. Delirious, the old woman begins to speak of Graymoss Plantation, the Louisiana family estate left unoccupied for decades because of a "terrible, fearful evil." After the woman's death, Lia discovers that the house has been willed to her mother, who plans to move the family in and adopt a group of hard-to-place children. Lia is against this idea and vows to prove to her mother that the house is truly haunted. She learns that the ghostly occurrences are well documented and that several locals oppose the family taking up residence at Graymoss. Could one of these people be staging the hauntings? Lia has a change of heart, however, after she meets the children her parents want to care for and resolves to take on the ghosts herself. Aided by a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, she eventually succeeds in driving the spirits away. The ghosts are reminiscent of those in Shirley Jackson's classic The Haunting of Hill House, whispering through the walls and sending books
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Joan Lowery Nixon
American journalist and author (1927–2003)
Joan Lowery Nixon | |
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| Born | (1927-02-03)February 3, 1927 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | June 28, 2003(2003-06-28) (aged 76) Houston, Texas |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Spouse | Hershell Nixon |
| Children | Kathleen Brush Maureen Quinlan |
Joan Lowery Nixon (February 3, 1927 – June 28, 2003) was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.
Biography
[edit]Joan Lowery was born on February 3, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. In 1947, she received a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. At USC, she met her husband, Hershell, a United States Navy officer and a geologist. At USC she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority.[1] She taught school in Los Angeles[2] before starting her family. In 1964 her first book for children, The Mystery of Hurricane Castle, was published.[3] Her son, Joe Nixon, is a Houston lawyer, who was from 1995 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 133 in Houston.[4] Nixon, her husband, and their children lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, before fin