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A Sound Among the Trees

A Novel

Susan Meissner

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English
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
04 October 2011
A house with a turbulent Civil War history becomes home to a new bride and stepmother in Susan Meissner's richly absorbing tale of a line of women stuck living in patterns of regret.

A house shrouded in time.

A line of women with a heritage of loss.

As a young bride, Susannah Page was rumored to be a Civil War spy for the North, a traitor to her Virginian roots. Her great-granddaughter Adelaide, the current matriarch of Holly Oak, doesn't believe that Susannah's ghost haunts the antebellum mansion looking for a pardon, but rather the house itself bears a grudge toward its tragic past.

When Marielle Bishop marries into the family and is transplanted from the arid west to her husband's home, it isn't long before she is led to believe that the house she just settled into brings misfortune to the women who live there.

With Adelaide's richly peppered superstitions and deep family roots at stake, Marielle must sort out the truth about Susannah Page and Holly Oak- and make peace with the sacrifices she has made for love.
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Imprint:   Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   283g
ISBN:   9780307458858
ISBN 10:   0307458857
Pages:   336
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Award-winning writer Susan Meissner is a multi-published author, speaker and workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include The Shape of Mercy, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2008. She is a pastor's wife and a mother of four. When she's not writing, Susan directs the Small Groups and Connection Ministries program at her San Diego church.

Reviews for A Sound Among the Trees: A Novel

Praise for A Sound Among the Trees<br> <br> Meissner delivers a delightful page-turner that will surely enthrall readers from beginning to end. The antebellum details, lively characters, and overlapping dramas particularly will excite history buffs and romance fans. - Publishers Weekly, starred review <br> In A Sound Among the Trees, author Meissner transports readers to another time and place to weave her lyrical tale of love, loss, forgiveness, and letting go. Her beautifully drawn characters are flawed yet likable, their courage and resilience echoing in the halls of Holly Oak for generations. A surprising conclusion and startling redemption make this book a page-turner, but the setting--the beautiful old Holly Oak and all of its ghosts--is what will seep into the reader's bones, making A Sound Among the Trees a book you don't want to put down.'<br>--Karen White, New York Times best-selling author of The Beach Trees <br> My eyes welled up more than once! And I thou


  • Commended for Carol Award (Women's Fiction) 2012

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