by Grady Hendrix (Hendrix)
Louise has returned home to Charleston, South Carolina to assist her brother, Mark, with the funeral and estate of their parents who were killed suddenly in a car accident. Louise considers Mark to be a failure and a leech on their parents. He accuses her of being the “perfect” daughter he has to live up to.
Their parents’ house is filled to
overflowing with puppets of all sizes – each with its own name – and crafting
materials to repair and make more puppets. Their mother was a puppeteer who was
HEAVILY involved in the puppeteering world, and performed for children’s
parties and church programs. But now, weird things are happening with those
puppets and Louise feels her brother is trying to freak her out.
The ‘haunting’ in this book is
ambiguous. Is the house haunted because the puppets are possessed? Is Louise
unstable and seeing hauntings where there are none, and why? Or Is the house
haunted with family memories and unresolved issues thus making it difficult to
agree on how to dispose of the personal property and the house?
Louise is our narrator and we’re
seeing this story only through her eyes. I have to admit, I had a theory about
the house but I was still caught flat-footed at the end – and I should have
seen it coming.
A suspenseful story that will keep
you guessing. And you’ll never view “The Velveteen Rabbit” story the same
again.
( official Grady Hendrix
web site )
Recommended
by Charlotte M.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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