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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Awakening,
By Jeni_Lyn (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Awakening (Paperback)
This was an excellent ghost story! Usually with any ghost/mystery book, you can guess the ending mid way through the book, but not this one! Mrs. Boyd keeps us guessing until the end! The story is about The Mason's, a family recently moved into their lake home in Mercy, North Carolina, and struggling with family crisis, and Mary, a ghost of a woman who has been dead for seventy years and doesn't realize she is the ghost. Mary seems to be connected to this family in some way, after all, she has waited seventy years to return home, and that connection is the real mystery behind the ghost story! I highly recommend this book!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Eerie Tale Of Ghosts & Parallel Worlds,
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This review is from: The Awakening (Paperback)
If you have ever longed to read a good old-fashioned ghost story, a chilling tale of the supernatural, Donna Boyd's "The Awakening" should fit the bill perfectly. If you prefer the metaphysical over the mundane, the author also raises some intriguing questions about the nature of death and freewill.Paul Mason, a successful writer of children's books, and an English professor at a college in North Carolina, is fired for having an affair with a student. His wife, Penny, a surgeon, is now the only breadwinner in the family. She is devastated by her husband's infidelity. Their thirteen year-old daughter, Elise, is very troubled and recovering from a trauma she experienced a year ago. Withdrawn and depressed, Elise has been pulled out of public school and her father is homeschooling her. The family leaves their home in town and moves to their lake house, hoping to rebuild the marriage and their former close, loving relationship. After a brief time at the lake, Elise becomes more introspective and appears to hear voices and strange noises. Penny begins to have vivid, violent reoccurring nightmares. Paul meets and converses with an unknown woman, who seems very much at home on their property. There are indeed bizarre goings-on at the Mason house. However, Paul, Penny and Elise are estranged from each other and not communicating well. But it is only through pooling their knowledge that they will be able to unravel the mystery - and there's not too much time left! At almost the same time the Masons move to the lake, a woman awakens from a long coma. She is disoriented and remembers nothing about herself, her life or her family. Someone, a psychiatrist or doctor, works with her but tells her that only she can unlock her memory - if she wants to remember. She slowly determines that her husband and daughter are dead, in an accident. Her only wish is to return home. Finally, when she remembers her name, she is allowed to go home. Donna Boyd has written an eerie tale about worlds which exist on parallel planes. Those with pressing needs may pass from one to another. This is a simply written, engrossing novel where the telling of the tale is all important. I enjoyed it...and was scared at times - the test of a good ghost story! JANA
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A tightly knit tale,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Awakening (Hardcover)
This story slowly spins a tale of a family in crisis alongside a woman in crisis. It gains momentum and draws you in. The characters, the house, and the countryside are beautifully and painstakingly described. The story is very complex, yet the book is remarkably short. I was shocked how quickly I read this.
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