Like much of the best historical writing, by implication it also says something about the modern world. The history accentuates the horror, while the horror brings out important themes in the history. Setting this alongside a modern story helps to draw attention to the dark, strange, and yet somehow too familiar elements of both settings. It’s an issue that the book explores, an unfamiliar area of history that draws attention to the creeping, socially authorised nature of much abuse. She’d researched the way women were treated by doctors and the police in Victorian England, uncovering some fascinating and deeply troubling practices.

I was drawn to this book after hearing the author talk about it at Fantasycon. And both face strange and disturbing events. Both become intrigued by the waters lapping at their lives. For 21st century Kirsten, it’s a new home, a near-empty building of converted flats in which damp is a constant problem.īoth women are struggling with the harsh events that life has thrown at them. For the Victorian Evelyn, Wakewater House is a hospital using water to treat women’s ailments. They live in the same building but in different eras. Two Lives, One Storyīodies of Water is the story of two women, Evelyn and Kirsten. But this book is a great example of how history and horror can collide to great effect. IT IS A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE UNDER LAW FOR ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE TO PRESENT ANY WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF AGE WHICH IS FALSE, FRAUDULENT OR NOT ACTUALLY HIS/HER OWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.When I wrote my post about history and horror, I hadn’t yet read V. Any person under the age of twenty-one years or.No person shall sell or give away any alcoholic beverages to:

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Bodies of Water by V.H. Leslie