![]() Forsythe the first floor, and middle-aged socialite Monica Breedlove and her bachelor brother in the penthouse. Having decided to design and build their home upon his return, the family has taken up residence in an upscale apartment building, shared with the widowed Mrs. Penmark has left for South America on business. ![]() The story unfolds across multiple points of view, as the seemingly idealistic life of wealthy housewife Christine Penmark begins to unravel as her preternaturally perfect 8 year old daughter, Rhoda, is repeatedly in the right place at the wrong time when several friends and neighbors meet with fatal accidents.Īs the novel opens, the Penmarks have relocated from Baltimore to suburban North Carolina, and Mr. Modern readers might be surprised to find the book is both deadly serious and fairly cumbersome in its storytelling. ![]() ![]() In light of the popularity of the 1956 film version (itself an adaptation of Maxwell Anderson’s hit Broadway play) it has acquired something of a camp reputation. The Bad Seed is March’s best-known novel, published just weeks before his death in 1954. This month, the September selection, William March’s The Bad Seed. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. ( Click here for information on the 2015 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. ![]()
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