After the death of his mother, 11 year old Marcus is sent to his mother’s aunt who lives in a beach house on an island in South Carolina. A derelict cottage (and it’s sad story)attracts his attention.It is in this cottage that he “meets”a ghost. The ghost of a 15 year old boy,who disappeared during a hurricane in the fifties. But this is in the first place a story about the ghost of a beloved (and departed )mother.It is the ghost of grief and bereavement.I think this is a marvellous story,the pace(probably too slow for some )depicts so well the lazy summer and the slow adjustments of this boy to his new situation,to his aunt,to his new life. Grief cottage is a well chosen title !
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This sounds like an intriguing read with its focus on grief and coming-of-age.
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Grief and bereavement is universal, we tend to forget that it touches everyone whether they are from the south or the north, whether they are green or blue with yellow polka dots but I remember that this book captured it very well , the despair and the incomprehensibly off it all and the light at the end of the tunnel.
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