Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown
February 5, 2012Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown
Recommend ~ This was lent to me by a friend on the thought that it might strike my fancy. I read it all in one evening so I guess they were right. It reminded me of a cross between the movies "The Others" and "Cold Mountain" as the story is set in the time of the Civil War with more than a few ghosts hanging around. It's easy to develop sympathy with Jennie's character as she is now stuck in a passively hostile house where her place has been compromised and her options dwindle. It's classified as a teen book and has several stylized illustrations amongst the short chapters which add another layer of depth and appeal to the story.
B&N says ~ "Jennie feels the tingling presence of something unnatural in the house now that Will is dead. Her heart aches without him, and she still doesn't know how he really died. It seems that everywhere she turns, someone is hiding yet another clue. As Jennie seeks the truth, she finds herself drawn ever deeper into a series of tricks and lies, secrets and betrayals, and begins to wonder if she had every really known Will at all."
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
Posted by Denise. Posted In : Books I've Read
