The warning signs are everywhere, yet only Rae notices them.ĭuncan was inspired by her Ozarks-born mother when she wrote Summer of Fear. Adding to Rae’s suspicions is the discovery of strange objects in her and Julia’s shared bedroom she finds a wax figure of an animal embedded with strands of Trickle’s hair, as well as a photo of Rae covered in splotches of bright red paint. Not only does the family dog Trickle die a painful death after lashing out at the new guest, Rae breaks out in a mysterious skin rash on the day of a big dance. As time goes on, Rae has valid reasons to believe Julia is the source of the increasing unrest at home. Summer of Fear starts out like a basic tale of cousin rivalry and teenage territorialism. Rae, however, grows to dislike her cousin the more she does get to know her. The Bryant family has not seen Julia since she was a baby, so they know next to nothing about her.
Julia’s parents relocated to the heart of the Ozarks so her father could write, and upon completing his latest project, they would have returned to the city. Having no one else to look after her now, Rae’s slightly older cousin Julia Grant then moves in with the Bryants. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, 15-year-old Rachel “Rae” Bryant welcomes a new member to the family when her aunt and uncle die in a car accident along with their housekeeper. In her ‘76 novel Summer of Fear, Duncan looked no further than her own upbringing as she told a story of rural evil creeping into Middle America. The uncanny was an infrequent element throughout her output before she stopped writing fiction entirely, although this fascination led to some of her most popular books. In the 1970s, Lois Duncan ’s work began to reflect her interest in the supernatural.
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