Seeking Signs - Brossura

Mercado, Staci Angelina

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0615830811 ISBN 13: 9780615830810

Casa editrice: Four Feathers Press, 2013

Riassunto

One hundred years ago, Minnie Seamer's death shocked her rural Iowa community. A young farmhand found her body hanging in the barn on a rainy summer morning in 1913. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but distraught family members were not convinced. Was it suicide-or was it murder? Seeking Signs, based on actual events, is the story of a young girl's search for answers in the wake of a family tragedy. To solve the mystery of her older sister's puzzling death, 13-year-old Elsie follows tips from a booklet titled The Baum Detective Agency Course. As she begins observing and gathering evidence, Elsie encounters clues that call into question the coroner's report and lead her into a shadowy world of deceit and betrayal. Elsie's notebook and entries from Minnie's diary reveal an unexpected truth: a truth that interprets a young wife's troubled past in a community not as safe as it seems. Seeking Signs takes the reader into a world steeped in history and superstition. As Elsie hunts for signs, her voice brings the time period and its people to life. The answers she finds take her investigation to a conclusion that changes the path of her life forever and ultimately catapults her from innocence to a compelling coming of age.

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L'autore:

Staci Mercado is the mother of four boys, a wife, a late bloomer, a delayed gratification artist, an obsessive-compulsive flare–up survivor, a small scale chicken farmer, a garden dirt junkie, a teacher, a voracious reader, a story collector, and a teller of tales. More of her stories can be viewed at staciangelinamercado.com

Product Description:

A Century in the Making - One hundred years ago, Minnie Seamer's death shocked her rural Iowa community. On a rainy summer morning June 20, 1913, a young farmhand found her body hanging in the barn. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but distraught family members were not convinced. Was it suicide - or was it murder? Based on actual events, Seeking Signs is the story of a young girl searching for answers in the wake of a family tragedy. The signs she finds ultimately change the path of her life forever. From the Prologue: I became a private investigator the day my sister died. Never mind that I was only a girl of 13 and she was 32. Thirteen and a girl is just as good as anything else. All you need is common sense, the ability to observe things, and some sneak in you. To tell you the truth, my age and the fact that I was a girl helped me blend in and appear harmless to the one who killed her. At least for a while, anyway. Things did go badly in the end.

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• Editore: Four Feathers Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0615830811
• ISBN 13: 9780615830810
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224