The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red

Joyce Reardon

Jan 2002 · Hyperion

About this ebook

At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer became the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, and began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her fears of the new marriage, her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and the nightmare that her life would become. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansioncalled Rose Redan enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the years ahead. 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 womans hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalized Seattle society at the timeevents that can only be fully understood now that the diary has come to light. 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.

Ratings and reviews

Really wrote well. The book is spooky too. I know that the house was buried on an Indian burial ground I think it's more than just a spooky ghost story I believe that the house was built on top of Ultra dimensional plane in that area that's why the Indians bury their dead there. I thought the book was acuallty someones dairy i couldnt really tell at first. 5 stars

Holy cow, this book was one of the best I have ever read. I found myself lost in times trying to always be reading the pages. Sad that I have finished but may re-read someday!

Not only did I read the book, but I tried to research it as well. This book is so well written that I still struggle to understand whether or not the story is real. By any means I love it all the same.....anything that can raise the hairs on my arms is good in my book!!!