Everliving
Daphne Lindstrom, the beautiful young wife of Red Gap's most prominent citizen, vanished mysteriously not long after her unhappy marriage. More than a century later, botany student Ben Platt finds himself laid up in the former redwood logging town, now reborn as a tourist destination, thanks to a...
show more
Daphne Lindstrom, the beautiful young wife of Red Gap's most prominent citizen, vanished mysteriously not long after her unhappy marriage. More than a century later, botany student Ben Platt finds himself laid up in the former redwood logging town, now reborn as a tourist destination, thanks to a novel based on Daphne's story. But theories on her fate are not the only things to survive. For generations Daphne has haunted the men of one family, driving them to obsession and disaster. When she appears to Ben, he must decide whether to answer her call for help, and at what cost.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780983072119 (0983072116)
Publish date: June 6th 2011
Publisher: Bellavita Press
Pages no: 369
Edition language: English
I received this through the First Reads program.This was an enjoyable read. I immediately liked Ben, possibly because I felt sorry for him, but I also thought his voice was realistic. The various townspeople blended together a bit for me, but I liked how the ghost story was introduced and carried ou...
I thought the storyline for the first 1/2 to 2/3rds fo this book was really good. It fell off for me the last 1/3rd though and it rapidly lost my interest. Also, the first part was def. mystery. I was trying to figure out what happened to Daphne...why was she a ghost? Why was she sticking around? Th...
Log in with Facebook 
