Check This Out Host Rachel Barenbaum talks with debut novelist Xenobie Purvis about her novel, "The Hounding."
When the villagers of Little Nettlebed start to hear barking, one claims to have seen the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, and the allegations spark fascination and fear.
The truth is the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls—a little odd, think some. But something isn’t right in Little Nettlebed, and the sisters will be the ones to pay for it.
"The Hounding" considers whether in any age it might be safer to be a dog than an unusual young girl.
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