Caroline George

Caroline George sweeps readers up into two different time periods with an unexpected love story that prompts us to reimagine what it means to be present with the people we love.

Dearest Josephine

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the question: what happens when we can't even trust ourselves? Some memories are better left forgotten. Darby and Morgan haven't spoken for two years, and their friend group has splintered. But when the body of their former science teacher is found in the marsh where they attended camp that summer, they realize they have more questions than answers . . . and even fewer memories. No one remembers--or no one is talking. The group of reunited friends begins to suspect that a murderer is stalking the coastal highway 30A, and they must try to recover their memories as quickly as possible . . . before the history they can't remember repeats itself. Everyone has a secret. As tensions rise and time runs out, Darby and Morgan begin to wonder if they can believe one another . . . or if they can even trust themselves.

The Summer We Forgot

Her family's secrets might literally drown her. Susana Prather wants one thing: to avoid becoming like the mother who abandoned her, no matter the cost. But when her eighteenth birthday triggers a generational curse, prompting Susana to sleepwalk into the Okefenokee Swamp behind her grandparents' house, she realizes the roots of her family tree run deeper than she believed . . . And they won't let her go without a fight. To put a stop to the sleepwalking, Susana must reckon with her history and its monsters before they ravage her small town. But in a world where people are both the cursed and the cursers, can she really move beyond her past Stand-alone young adult contemporary fantasy Perfect for fans of Wilder Girls, Dark and Shallow Lies, and Swamplandia! Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Curses and Other Buried Things

Choose to see the unseen... Julie Stryker has spent her life in the scenic streets of Charleston, South Carolina, bicycling to the local college, working at a coffeehouse, watching her family fall apart and back together. She has plans, dreams-all of which seem out of reach. Then she meets a handsome stranger at work, and she believes her life is on the brink of a much needed change. But after a tragic accident, Julie is whisked away from the only home she's ever known and confronted with a life-altering secret: The end of the world has already occurred and a portion of humankind has been kept oblivious. Tossed into a hidden world of deception, Julie must confront the truth within herself and reveal the government's layers before the end of the world becomes a permanent reality. 1st Layer: What you can see. 2nd Layer: What you know is real. 3rd Layer: What you can neither see nor know is real.

The Vestige

Blood holds all kinds of curses. Seven generations of women in Susana Prather’s family have been lost to the Georgia swamp behind her house. The morning after her eighteenth birthday, she awakens soaked with water, with no memory of sleepwalking. No matter how she tries to stop it, she’s pulled from her safe bed night after night, haunted by her own family history and legacy. Now, the truth feels unavoidable: it’s only a matter of time before she loses her mind and the swamp becomes her grave. Unless she can figure out how to break the curse. When she isn’t sleepwalking, she’s dreaming of her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Suzanna Yawn, who set the curse in motion in 1855. Her ancestor’s life bears such similarity to her own that it might hold the key she seeks. Or it might only foretell tragedy. As Susana seeks solutions in the past and the present, family members hold secrets tighter to their chests, friends grow distant, and old flames threaten to sputter and die. But Susana has something no one else has been able to seize: the unflagging belief that all curses can be broken and that love can help a new future begin. Based on her own family history, award-winning novelist Caroline George’s latest novel is a staggeringly beautiful work of hope. Stand-alone young adult contemporary Southern gothic Perfect for fans of Wilder Girls, Dark and Shallow Lies, and Swamplandia! Book length: 97,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

2021: Smrt otce, krize dospívání, odklad studia na vysoké. Tak vypadá nejhorší rok v životě Josie De Clareové a žádné množství čaje a čokolády to nezachrání. Překvapivé dědictví v podobě venkovského sídla, o jehož existenci neměla potuchy, ji dovede k rozhodnutí opustit Londýn a vyčistit si hlavu. Zatímco prozkoumává panství, narazí na dvě stě let staré dopisy z pera neznámého pisatele, které jsou adresovány dívce jménem Josephine. Záhy objeví rukopis románu, jehož hlavní hrdinkou je bezpochyby ona... 1821: Spisovatel Elias Roch miluje ženu, která mu není souzena. Narodil se jako levoboček a společnost ho nikdy nepřijala. Proto hledá únik ve fantazii, kde se svojí svéráznou hrdinkou zažívá příběhy plné skandálů, zrady a lásky. Elias věří, že dívka je jeho spřízněnou duší, a tak jí píše dopisy, ve kterých popisuje těžkosti a útrapy svého života... Když se fikce proplete s realitou, Josie a Elias musí učinit rozhodnutí: Jak žít, jestliže láska nepočká? Rozděleni dvěma staletími bojují s časem, aby ve svém příběhu našli jeden druhého.

Nejdražší Josephine

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the question: what happens when we can’t even trust ourselves? Some memories are better left forgotten. Darby and Morgan haven’t spoken for two years, and their friend group has splintered. But when the body of their former science teacher is found in the marsh where they attended camp that summer, they realize they have more questions than answers . . . and even fewer memories. No one remembers—or no one is talking. The group of reunited friends suspects that a murderer is stalking the coastal highway 30A, and they are desperate to recover their memories as quickly as possible . . . before their history they can’t remember repeats itself. Everyone has a secret. As tensions rise and time runs out, Darby and Morgan begin to wonder if they can believe one another . . . or if they can even trust themselves. Young Adult suspense with romance Stand-alone novel Book length: 95,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

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