IS THAT A VOICE OR MOTHER CALLING ME FOR DINNER? BY LOUISE WORTHINGTON

9/8/2022

FEATURE ARTICLE IS THAT A VOICE OR MOTHER CALLING ME FOR DINNER?

THE HORROR OF HUMANITY

Is that a voice or mother calling me for dinner? By Louise Worthington

Doctors might use the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) classification system to diagnose mental health disorders, but how accurate can a diagnosis of an illness be that no one can see or touch? Then there’s the complication of co-morbidity, the influence of one’s environment, genes and soon, the only clear thing is that accurately and unequivocally knowing what is going on inside someone’s head and why is a mystery.

Paul Tremblay in A Head Full of Ghosts portrays mental illness like nobody else. Aside from great writing and the realistic conjuring of a dysfunctional family with two daughters, he skilfully leaves the reader with more questions than answers at the end of the narrative. Fourteen-year-old Marjorie displays signs of acute schizophrenia. Or is it teenage attention-seeking? Has she been watching and reading too much horror? Is she possessed? Is her younger sister, Merry, the narrator, remembering and telling the events inaccurately? Is the eight-year-old hungry for attention and playing up to the game?

Then there’s the dad. He turns to the priest for an exorcism and invites a bunch of cameras into his home to televise it, ostensibly to pay for Marjorie’s medication and treatment and to keep the bank at bay from taking their home– but really – is that a sane thing to do?

It's a crazy world. That’s for sure.

Louise Worthington

Louise Worthington writes psychological and gothic horror and dark psychological thrillers. Her latest release is Doctor Glass, described as The Silent Patient meets Misery. The main character is a psychotherapist.

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Louise has a degree in literature and a postgraduate diploma in psychology.
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Doctor Glass: A Psychological Thriller Novel
by Louise Worthington

THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW.

Psychotherapist Emma-Jane Glass has prioritized work over leisure for far too long. She does whatever it takes to help her clients, and it's bordering on professional obsession. When she publishes a controversial article about unstable mothers murdering their children, an anonymous letter arrives on her doorstep:

I will expose you.
Then, I will mutilate you…
Wait for me.

After she is abducted into the night, Doctor Glass finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous sociopath. But being a relentless doctor of the mind, she feels an urge to help her fragile captor, even if it might shatter her sanity—and her life. It becomes a game of survival, and only one mind can win.

For fans of deeply layered thrillers by Ruth Ware, Tana French, and Alex Michaelides comes the newest voice in psychological fiction.

CONTENT GUIDANCE: This novel explores aspects of psychology and mental health and contains depictions of self-harm, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, and suicide. Please read with care.