EIGHTH HOUSE, THE

by Elizabeth Clark Wessel

Paperback

About the author

Elizabeth Jane Clark Wessel is an editor at Argos Books & Circumference: Poetry in Translation. Her poems and translations have appeared in DIAGRAM, A Public Space, Guernica, Sixth Finch, Lana Turner Journal, Jacket2, and The Laurel Review, among others. Her chapbook, Whither Weather, was chosen by Dana Levin for the Midwest Chapbook Series. She lives in Brooklyn and works as a translator.

Reviews

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the concept of this book, was riveted by the investigation of a cold case but found myself skipping over the sections based on her own mothering. I could see the connections and usually am really drawn to auto fiction but the pull of the murder mystery just eclipsed the everyday, like watching a whodunit and having to be interrupted by phone calls from a friend. In saying that I couldn't put the book down and admire the writer so much for weaving the story of this young girl and the small town into the present.

[holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5*