Maggie's Dream
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"Manning handles with aplomb this story of the haunting emotional problems faced by one woman at the end of WWII...a captivating tale that will keep readers guessing." ~ Publishers Weekly
" A weird and wondrous book! The ending will surprise you and is worthy of the best psychological thrillers. It still haunts me days later." ~Clarissa Harwood, author of Impossible Saints
“An intriguing tale…part psychological thriller, part historical fiction… [Manning] masterfully delineates Maggie’s interior and exterior worlds and her struggle for identity and purpose…”
~P.A. Moed, author of The Incident at Montebello
“Colorful…magical…troubling…provocative...”
~Padgett Gerler, author of The Gifts of Pelican Isle
“An imaginative journey both into the past and to a fantastical—and dangerous—land outside our reality.”
~JD Cortese, author of The Sound of a Broken Chain
"Manning keeps us just a hair’s breadth behind Maggie’s twisting travails, all the way through to a wondrously off-center ending."
~Hugh Willard, Psychotherapist/Counselor
When World War II drags Maggie Lerner’s husband off to Europe, Maggie joins the workforce as one of America’s Rosies. Though she savors her freedom, she is haunted by a dream that leads her to believe something terrible will happen to her husband.
After the war, Sam returns home unscathed, and Maggie, who once again takes her place as a doctor’s wife, believes the dream will disappear. Instead, it evolves into an all-consuming world where Maggie is admired for her strength; where she can have whatever she wishes. Resenting her conventional life, she willingly surrenders to the temptation of imagined perfection.
But all is not as it seems. Beneath the dream’s flawless surface, a monster lies in wait.
In an era of post-war feminism and the latest in psychoanalysis, Maggie will need to confront this evil—whether real or imagined—before it destroys both her worlds.
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