G939 Book Review of House on the Forgotten coast by Ruth Coe Chambers
Name of Book: House on the Forgotten coast Author: Ruth Coe Chambers ISBN: 978-1-63152-300-7 Publisher: SheWritesPress Type of book: Florida, misfit, drugs, family, ghosts, mysteries, 1879, 1987, secrets, emotions, exploration, history, marriage, love Year it was published: 2017 Summary: Secrets, lies, and murder haunt The House on the Forgotten Coast, a magical novel set in Apalachicola, Florida, in the late 1980s. The novel begins with the beautiful Annelise Lovett Morgan, who, powerless in the face of her southern heritage, is forced to marry the mature Coulton Morgan instead of the young man who has captured her heart, artistic Seth Mitchell. But seventeen-year-old Annelise dies on her wedding day in 1879, never to live in the remarkable house built as a wedding gift from her father--and her story ends there, until Elise Foster's parents buy the historic house in 1987. When this happens, the house becomes a portal whereby Annelise and Elise, two young women ...