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I launched my second novel 'Natural Selection' on World Earth Day, 2023. The reason for this date is that nature plays a crucial role in the book. After all, protagonist George aims to bring environmental awareness to children with his manuscript. It's not his fault that his work turns his grandma's nursing home into a haunted house. Or is it?
Eighty-eight-year-old Emily wishes her new home were as boring as some people think nursing homes are. But ever since her grandson George started to read her stories from the children’s book he is writing, weird things seem to happen. Visits by animals that are anything but cuddly and a scorching sun squeezing through the electrical socket are some of the events that leave Emily scared and exhausted.
But who believes a demented old woman?
When other people get involved in the attacks, and themes from the book that nobody can know about come to life in Emily’s home, cloaked in evil, George and Emily’s nurse Sai realize they are more than dreams.
The only way to save Emily and the other residents is to kill the protagonist in George’s book.
Which isn’t an easy thing to do when you’re up against indoor tornadoes, exploding doors, a demonic turtle, and a melting floor at the same time.
Meanwhile, the question remains why all this is happening to a bunch of innocent seniors.
Today's environmental crisis is very close to my heart. So the book George is writing in the novel is an educational book about this topic for children.
And maybe more...
I love stories involving the elderly and often wonder why there are not many, many more books around with old heroes. Their history, their experience, their physical and mental challenges. We should cherish them and give them a voice.
I once read the Swedish novel "Hemmet" by Mats Strandberg, which made me fall in love with the cruel juxtaposition of a haunted nursing home.
So there you have it. Cherish the elderly doesn't mean we can't expose our characters to ghosts and demons.