If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- What secrets are hiding in the walls of your family's past?
- Are you prepared to face the dark truths that can haunt a family for generations?
- What's the true cost of keeping secrets and pretending nothing bad ever happened?
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Key Takeaways from How to Sell a Haunted House
- — The Call That Ends “Normal”
- — Inheritance and Other Betrayals
- — The House Fights Back
- — Haunted Listings and Lipstick Warnings
- — The Puppet Collective
How to Sell a Haunted House — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Call That Ends “Normal”
Chapter 3: Inheritance and Other Betrayals
Chapter 4: The House Fights Back
Chapter 5: Haunted Listings and Lipstick Warnings
Chapter 6: The Puppet Collective
Chapter 7: Warmer, Colder
Chapter 8: Bargaining With a Puppet
Chapter 9: Cursed Dolls and Hard Truths
Chapter 10: Digging Up the Dead
Chapter 11: Letting the House Be a House
How to Sell a Haunted House Summary & Overview
Grief is messy. Family can be, too. When thirty-something Louise Joyner returns to Charleston after her parents are killed in a car accident, she’s ready to settle arguments, clean out the house, and get back to her daughter. But the old brick ranch on McCants hides decades of secrets, a hoarder’s load of puppets and dolls from her mother’s church ministry, and a brother, Mark, who won’t stop poking at old wounds.
The house won’t let them finish anything. TVs switch on by themselves. A hammer is never where it should be. Dolls move. And then there’s Pupkin, the bright red-and-yellow hand puppet that taught Bible stories to kids, tucked Louise in at night, and made her feel watched. It turns out Pupkin never grew up — and he holds a grudge. As a childhood accident rises from the past and the siblings are dragged from denial through anger and bargaining toward a terrible truth, the haunting gets personal.
This isn’t “sell the house, sage the rooms, and leave.” It’s a heart-pounding fight to free a sick family story from the walls, rescue a child, and finally bring home a boy who never made it to his grave. Grady Hendrix turns a haunted-house tale into a relentless, moving story about shame, love, and the cost of pretending nothing bad ever happened.
Who Should Listen to How to Sell a Haunted House?
- Horror fans who want real heart with their hauntings
- Readers who like family dramas and complicated siblings
- Anyone curious how grief can twist a house and a story
- Book clubs ready to talk about secrets, shame, and forgiveness
- Listeners who love Southern settings and gallows humor
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