R I Heslop

Annie's Ghost: a Romance in Five Days R I Heslop

Left on her own on Black Mountain, Vermont, in January when the North Eastern states are experiencing one of the heaviest snow storms for years, Annie is slowly recovering from a hysterectomy. Her husband, John Jackson, is attending a conference in New York City. Her two grown-up children live a long way away, her daughter in Montana and her son and his family in Florida. Annie is exhausted both from the operation and the problems of trying to deal with her husband?s inattentions and the fact she is unable to work at the job she loves: teaching children in an all age school in rural Vermont. Once John has set off for New York she is both relieved and worried. At last she falls asleep and sleeps for over twenty hours. When she awakes she hears a voice from the garage asking her for help. And so begins Annie?s dilemma for once she revives the young man she finds in the garage does she succumb to his attentions? Annie?s Ghost is a deeply romantic love story with a shocking twist at the end that may break your heart. Praise for Annie?s Ghost ?I think it (Annie?s Ghost) could be one of those books that becomes part of you, a quiet unassuming gentle book that grips your heart so tightly that it won?t let you go.? ?I began by thinking what is this about but afterwards I thought this is a lovely little book that I would recommend very much.? ?This is a small book but it packs an intensity that many so called big books lack.? ?An intelligent little book.?