Publisher's Synopsis
16-year-old Silas had to get away for just one night. The village wasn't far, and the oppressive halls of his family's dilapidated mansion in the woods were simply too much for him. He couldn't have known that his chance encounter with the local girl Bethany would be the catalyst for beginning to face the terrifying secrets hidden in every corner of his family's house.Now, with Bethany by his side, it's time to confront his mother's harsh words, his father's neglect, his brother's violence. But how can he keep his new friend safe when his memories keep slipping in and out of time? How can he face his family when he's not even sure he can face himself?Packed with vivid imagery, eerie secrets, and disturbing encounters, Reasons to Stay is a classic ghost story, a throwback along the lines of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw" or Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."
