Hangsaman

Shirley Jackson's haunting second novel, Hangsaman, follows seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite as she yearns to break free from her overbearing father and find herself at college. However, the reality of college life proves to be far from fulfilling, leaving Natalie in a troubling spiral of uncertainty between her thoughts and reality. Inspired by the mysterious disappearance of a Bennington College student in 1946, the story delves into themes of isolation and the psychological struggles of adolescence.