The Ferryman
?A powerful and haunting tale? (Clive Barker) from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Strangewood.Janine Hartschorn left David Bairstow for a man who abandoned her once he discovered she was pregnant with his child. A miscarriage almost ended her life. Now she and David are reaching for a...
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?A powerful and haunting tale? (Clive Barker) from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Strangewood.Janine Hartschorn left David Bairstow for a man who abandoned her once he discovered she was pregnant with his child. A miscarriage almost ended her life. Now she and David are reaching for a second chance. But something is determined to keep them apart. Something with the power to conjure up ghosts from David?s past and make them real. Something Janine knows from her near-death experience.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451462275 (0451462270)
Publish date: September 2nd 2008
Publisher: Roc Trade
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
A goofy bit of suburban horror that never really does much. Kind of like those TV programs you watch that aren't very good but seem to be part of the family and give you a warm homey feeling even when you are alone. A woman has a near death experience in childbirth. Charon the ferryman of the River ...
I wanted to like this book, stories where mythology crosses into the mundane are some of my favorite flights of fantasy. But this book started out with some glaring idiocies. (Spoilers ahead.)****************************** S P O I L E R*****************************The basic plotline is that the main...