Publisher's Synopsis
Andrea Janes, owner of Boroughs of the Dead in Manhattan, and Leanna Renee Hieber, an award-winning author of historical gothic fiction, are teaming up to write a collection of ghost stories that tackle the tragic history of women who were invisible in mainstream society--widows, spinsters, servants and other working women.
In her interview with the New York Times, Andrea said people may be "surprised by the juxtaposition of feminism and ghosts." But it fits. "Traditionally, what's more terrifying than a woman, this incomprehensible maelstrom of emotion and strange physical powers?"
The supernatural has captured our imaginations for centuries. Leanna and Andrea delve into stories such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, where a factory in New York suddenly went up in flames and women were throwing themselves from windows to escape the smoke and heat. But it's not just about scary stories, it's a dissection of why we tell them in the first place. This tragedy was sensationalized into a haunting, but are the ghosts real? Each chapter focuses on stories about marginalized women and why the most pervasive ghost stories are about those who defied social norms.
With firsthand accounts of ghostly encounters and historical research, The Haunted History of Invisible Women is both spine-tingling and thoughtful--a page turner that will stay with you long after you've closed the book.
