Home Before Dark

by Eileen Bassing

Home Before Dark is the story of a young woman (Charlotte Bronn) suffering from bi-polar disorder who has been confined to a mental hospital. She leaves the Maraneck State Hospital after a year to resume her life at home with her emotionally repressed professor husband. Making her life even more difficult, they share their home with Charlotte’s attractive step-sister Joan and Joan’s mother, as well as a Jewish philosophy professor boarder and a servant.

With her marriage floundering, and suspecting her husband of being overly interested in Joan, Charlotte looks to be headed for another breakdown when she attends a faculty dinner dressed and made up to look like Joan. Her husband finally reveals his true feelings.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[Pam Koenig]

Great Book. Saw the movie over 30 yrs ago, & had searched for the book since then. Found thru Abe books from book store in UK. the movie followed it faithfully. Story of a woman who had a breakdown & her return to her family, a husband, stepsister & mother. She realizes husband & stepsister are in love, & she starts to breakdown again. She gets help from an old love, & a new love in the form of a boarder

[Katy McHenry]

I only read this because I'm reading through books on which noir and darker films are based. I did not expect it to be this good.
Excellent book.

[Liz V.]

Saw the movie. Read the book