Scorpio and books

Have you ever read Sybil? I hear it is pretty graphic. Its about a young girl who is sexually and physically abused by her mother and when she grows up she develops 17 personalities because of it. They made it into a movie. I think anything by stephen king would definatley be a scorpio moon book. On a lighter note, Harry Potter is a good read. It has to do with magic, the unseen, good verses evil.

I know I rambled about it in the movie thread, but THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, by Shriley Jackson, as well as her novel WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE and many of her short stories/other writings are pretty great Scorp-y bits of literature! The main character, Eleanor, in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is paranoid, reads a lot into others' intentions, has spent many years containing her emotions, is obsessive, etc. - I can see a lot of Scorpio Moon traits in her. It's a lovely, eerie psychological horror/ghost story, and has interesting, complex relationships in it and plenty of quirkiness.

I like to read books by Hermann Hesse (Sun Cancer/Moon Pisces)

Small book, hard to find:

The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane", by Laird Koenig

A review comment - "Moving with swift and shocking turnabout to a profoundlt disturbing denouement, here is a fine and freezing novel of suspense that probes the subtle bonds of innocence to evil."

"Firefly", by Piers Anthony is also a good, but disturbing, read.

Forgot to mention! The angst and yearning in Sarah Waters' novels really brings to mind Scorpio qualities for me, as well. TIPPING THE VELVET, AFFINITY, and FINGERSMITH are all set in Victorian-era England and I haven't yet finished her most recent - THE NIGHT WATCH - which is set around WWII. They're really engrossing books full of vivid, sad, fascinating characters.

TIPPING THE VELVET takes place in a coastal oyster village, in the theater with women in drag, on the streets among prostitutes, in the debaucherous home of a circle of wealthy lesbians, and in the Socialist and humanitarian circles of Victorian England. It's good, smutty fun, as well as having some great moments of heartbreak and agony and self-pity and emotional melodrama that really resonated with me.

AFFINITY is a grim, mournful, haunting story of a wealthy woman - in grief over her father's death and the refusal of her affection by her friend/love and with no place in society to do much, being unmarried - who takes on the volunteer position as a 'lady visitor' at a nearby women's prison. The prison has dismal conditions, but she becomes fascinated and enamored with a young woman who formerly worked as a spiritual medium.

FINGERSMITH is gritty and grimy and full of twists and swindling. It centers around a group of theives and a girl kept isolated in her uncle's house, helping him catalogue/sell antique books. I can't say much more, but it's a great one, as wel, and is very rooted in secrets, manipulation, lust, longing, and all sorts of good stuff.

Can't say much about NIGHT WATCH yet, but there's definitely some aching, desperate, longing there, which Waters always writes brilliantly.

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