THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER
"The diary format gives readers a voyeuristic thrill. The entries are quite detailed, full of fear and sexual energy..." —BookHaven.net  READ MORE PRAISE
At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer, the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage, express her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and contemplate the nightmare that her life was becoming.
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one woman's hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalized society at the time. Edited by Joyce Reardon, Ph.D., as part of her research, the diary is being published as preparations are being made by Dr. Reardon to enter Rose Red and fully investigate its disturbing history.
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Praise for The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer… "My publisher got wind of Rose Red, and Steve and ABC allowed me to read the script, with an eye toward a tie-in. I saw the Diary mentioned throughout the script, and Steve agreed to have me write the Diary. He was swamped at the time, and had little interest in doing it himself. He read the first few chapters, got a huge grin on his face and said, "You're having fun. Go for it." And I was off and running..." —LiljasLibrary.com "Stephen loved the idea that the Diary had its own history, that it had been found at an auction (my suggestion) and that it had inspired the mini-series. This was several years ago now, you understand, and the Blair Witch Project was fresh on everyone's minds..." —VJBooks.com "The diary format gives readers a voyeuristic thrill. The entries are quite detailed, full of fear and sexual energy. Rose Red becomes more and more frightening up to the final page. After reading the book, you'll want to see the mini-series, meaning the tie-in succeeds in its intentions." —Any Coffin, BookHaven.net (full review) "Regardless of the fact there is no real "Joyce Reardon, Ph. D" or "Rimbauer family" the book was quite entertaining! (The true identity of the author is Ridley Pearson...his next novel "The Art of Deception" appropriately titled.) The publishers, Hyperion Books, did a great job of promoting the fictional diary as to go so far as creating a false university website: beaumontuniversity.net to encourage the belief of a nonexsistent mansion called Rose Red. As for the diary, it was a fun, entertaining read. I am surprised by how much sexual content was included after reading the author's decision of editing "inappropriate" entries of the diary. The missing excerpts online hardly scratch the surface of what's included in the book, then again, it's all fiction. Don't be fooled into believing any of it!" —TeenBooks.com  |
                                  
  
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