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Paul Elwork
Dear Librarian, I love a good ghost story. I'm also fascinated with belief and its importance in how every one of us encounters the world. What happens when belief gets tied up in powerful emotions like fear and grief? In my novel THE TEA HOUSE (inspired by the true story of the Fox sisters), a twin brother and sister pretend to contact the dead through phantom knocking noises during the summer and fall of 1925. In the garden playhouse of their riverfront estate home on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Emily and Michael Stewart practice their trick on neighborhood children interested in encountering the mystery of death and adults with much deeper emotional drives. Along the way, the twins must confront the ghosts of their own family history and navigate a present shadowed by the past. What happens when a game of contacting the dead truly becomes a matter of life and death? Philadelphia City Paper called THE TEA HOUSE, "Spellbinding... elegantly written… [a] compelling tale of people coping with loss and vulnerable to suggestion." For an excerpt of the novel, links to reviews, short fiction, and other content, please go to www.paulelwork.com. Thanks, Paul Elwork
The Tea House / Paul Elwork / Casperian Books / Paperback; 172 Pages
Price: $13.50 / ISBN: 978-1934081075 / Published: October, 2007 Paul Elwork is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view his reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |