Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday: What the Dead Want




What the Dead Want

By Norah Olson

Publish Date July 26th 2016

This book looks amazing on the outside and what I hope is on the inside is equally amazing!

16 -year-old Gretchen takes photographs to understand the world around her, a passion her mother Mona fostered and encouraged when she was still around. Since her mom disappeared years ago, Gretchen and her dad have lived on their own in New York City, haunted by Mona’s absence.

When Gretchen’s great aunt Esther calls unexpectedly to tell her that she has inherited the pre-Civil War mansion on her mother’s side of the family in upstate New York, Gretchen understands nothing except that her aunt needs her help. But what she finds there is beyond her imagination. The house is crumbling apart, filled with stacks of papers and journals from decades, even centuries past, and it’s crawling with rodents. It’s also full of secrets and a legacy of racism and violence so reprehensible that the ghosts of the past are exacting revenge on the living.

Somehow the mystery of Mona’s disappearance and the atrocities that happened on the land during the Civil War are inextricably intertwined, and it’s up to Gretchen to figure out how…before even more lives are lost.

2 comments:

  1. So alluring and eerie! Love it. Thanks for bringing this to my attention :) Hope we both enjoy it :)

    Happy Wednesday!

    Shane @ Itching for Books

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