Culture | Fairy-tale ending
Carmen Machado’s alternative memoir of abuse
“In the Dream House” is as creepily gripping as her stories
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In the Dream House. By Carmen Maria Machado.Graywolf Press; 272 pages; $26. To be published in Britain by Serpent’s Tail in January; £14.99.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Fairy-tale ending”
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