look Into The Lace . . . When The Eyes Begin To Fill With Tears And The Patience Is Long Exhausted, There Will Appear A Glimpse Of Something Not Quite Seen... In This Moment, An Image Will Begin To Form . . . In The Space Between What Is Real And What Is Only Imagined.
can You Read Your Future In A Piece Of Lace? All Of The Whitney Women Can. But The Last Time Towner Read, It Killed Her Sister And Nearly Robbed Towner Of Her Own Sanity. Vowing Never To Read Lace Again, Her Resolve Is Tested When Faced With The Mysterious, Unsolvable Disappearance Of Her Beloved Great Aunt Eva, Salem's Original Lace Reader. Told From Opposing And Often Unreliable Perspectives, The Story Engages The Reader's Own Beliefs. Should We Listen To Towner, Who May Be Losing Her Mind For The Second Time? Or Should We Believe John Rafferty, A No Nonsense New York Detective, Who Ran Away From The City To A Simpler Place Only To Find Himself Inextricably Involved In A Psychic Tug Of War With All Three Generations Of Whitney Women? Does Either Have The Whole Story? Or Does The Truth Lie Somewhere In The Swirling Pattern Of The Lace?
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in Barry's Captivating Debut, Towner Whitney, A Dazed Young Woman Descended From A Long Line Of Mind Readers And Fortune Tellers, Has Survived Numerous Traumas And Returned To Her Hometown Of Salem, Mass., To Recover. Any Tranquility In Her Life Is Short-lived When Her Beloved Great-aunt Eva Drowns Under Circumstances Suggesting Foul Play. Towner's Suspicions Are Taken With A Grain Of Salt Given Her History Of Hallucinatory Visions And Self-harm. The Mystery Enmeshes Local Cop John Rafferty, Who Had Left The Pressures Of Big City Police Work For A Quieter Life In Salem And Now Finds Himself Falling For The Enigmatic Towner As He Mourns Eva And Delves Into The History Of The Eccentric Whitney Clan. Barry Excels At Capturing The Feel Of Smalltown Life, And Balances Action With Close Looks At The Characters' Inner Worlds. Her Pacing And Use Of Different Perspectives Show Tremendous Skill And Will Keep Readers Captivated All The Way Through. (oct.)
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- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Author : Barry, Brunonia
Language : English
Published :2009-08-18
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0061624772
ISBN-13 : 9780061624773
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.3 in x 7.8 in
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