Book description
After landing in the hospital after a bad breakup and an ensuing drug-and-alcohol binge, college student Jake Chapman is given two options: rehab, or spend the summer at his dying grandmotherās decaying home in rural Alabama. The choice is obvious.
His grandmotherās land has been in Jakeās family since theā¦
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Instead of rehab, a gay college student chooses to recuperate at his grandmotherās home in rural Alabama near the ruins of a plantation. But these rural backwoods arenāt a safe havenāthereās a meth lab nearby and the history of the county is written in bad blood. This is a Southern Gothic gem, an expertly written mystery of the unraveling truths behind mysterious apparitions and a familyās dark secrets.Ā
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