Ghost Swamp Blues
Ghost Swamp Blues by Laraine Herring, published by White River Press in 2010, is a work of fiction that delves into the complexities of love, silence, and the past. Set in the murky town of Alderman, North Carolina, the narrative unfolds in 1949, centering on fourteen-year-old Lillian Green, who witnesses a traumatic event that alters her life and the lives of those around her. The story intertwines the lives of Lillian, her daughter Hannah, and the ghost of Roberta du Bois, a former plantation mistress, creating a rich tapestry of mystery and emotional depth.
Readers will find a layered exploration of themes such as family loyalty and the haunting legacies of racism, as the characters navigate their intertwined fates within the haunted hallways of Idyllic Grove Rice Plantation. As Hannah uncovers her own exceptional singing voice and the truth about her mother’s past, the narrative reveals the complexities of their relationships against the backdrop of a Southern landscape. This edition, comprising 233 pages, invites readers to engage with the haunting and intricate connections that bind the living and the dead.
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How far would you go to protect someone you love? Nothing is black or white in the murky town of Alderman, North Carolina, no matter how much the human and ghostly residents of Idyllic Grove Rice Plantation would like it to be. In 1949, fourteen-year-old Lillian Green witnesses the unthinkable. Her choice to remain silent about what she saw ripples into the swamp water surrounding her family’s home, awakening the ghost of Roberta du Bois, former rice plantation mistress, who drowned herself in the swamp in 1859. Roberta and Lillian forge a bond based on shame, silence, and an impenetrable loneliness. When Lillian’s daughter Hannah is born into the maze of haunted hallways, Lillian has no interest in raising her. Left alone, Hannah discovers Roberta as well as her own exceptional singing voice. The tangled storylines of the three women rooted to this Southern landscape pull the reader into the layers of racism, family loyalties, and hidden relationships that intertwine as naturally as the kudzu that covers the trees where the Swamp Sirens sing. When the truth about what Lillian saw surfaces, no one, living or dead, can prevent what must come next.
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