Between the Covers Book Club discusses "We have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson
Monday October 27th 2025 02:00 pm - Monday October 27th 2025 03:00 pm
Hartley Public Library, 91 1st St. SE, Hartley, Iowa
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Between the Covers Book Club discusses "We have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson 
Between the Covers Book Club discusses the book, "We have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson at the library @ 2pm October 27th. Feel free to Join us - Pick up a copy from the front desk or download a copy from the Libby app.
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Meet a possibly murderous family and the chaos that ensues when their cousin visits their castle in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
Plot Summary
Meet a possibly murderous family and the chaos that ensues when their cousin visits their castle in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
The story is told from Merricat’s point of view, and she describes a weekly schedule of unerring regularity. Blackwood Manor is a large family estate that houses a peculiar trio: 18-year-old Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood, the protagonist; her older sister Constance; and Uncle Julian. The other Blackwoods were murdered after ingesting arsenic-laced sugar. Constance takes care of Merricat and Uncle Julian, who survived the poisoning but uses a wheelchair ever since. Uncle Julian, who is obsessed with the murders at Blackwood manor, relitigates them at every turn while getting no closer to an answer. What he knows is that the poisoning itself happened six years earlier while the family was having dessert....