The House I Used to Live In

About the Book

This story begins when I was much older, worlds away from those early years, and I had a daughter of my own. I’m Miranda, and I’m living a life I’ve prepared myself. But that life never came. My parents worried about me. So did my teachers. Though the safe path was always right in front of me, I kept veering off it into something which did not seem unknown or perilous until it was too late to prevent the damage. My aunts and uncles referred to me as a free spirit and exchanged glances, which suggested in an adult way that they were a little worried about how I was going to turn out. Despite my mother’s many attempts at reeducation, I never quite got over that impulse toward wandering and adventure that got me into so much trouble—not until the events which form the basis of this story, anyway.

About the Author

Joseph Glass has written four distinguished novels, EYES, BLOOD, THE SECRET DIARY OF MAX T. ROBINSON and THE HOUSE I USED TO LIVE IN. Under other names he has written seventeen bestselling novels, some of which are now cult classics. He has also written an influential book of philosophy entitled DISSYMETRY (Martinus Nijhoff, “Phaenomenologica” The Hague, Netherlands). Joseph Glass holds the Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He lives with his wife and daughter in Connecticut. Of THE HOUSE I USED TO LIVE IN he has said, “This book can stand as my epitaph. The title, the characters, the tragic fate of Miranda, the protagonist, are closer to my heart than anything else I have written.”