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In her dreams the house called to her, but now she was begining to hear the voices when she was awake. Lucy Farlow, a young and bright sixteen year-old finds herself being welcomed by unwelcomed guests of the spirit world. The red barn fills her thoughts and the screams of the tortured haunt her dreams. She walks the narrow path to the abandond farm in search of an answer to clear her mind of this place forever, but what she does not know that once she steps foot on the very land of the farm it will never let her go.
The novel is set on a farm and in a nearby fictional community located in the southern Missouri Ozark hills and near a fictional western branch of the Current River. The story revolves around a family dilemma following the death of their matriarch and the unusual will she left to insure the continuity of the farm intact which has been in her family for over 150 years.
The year is 1987. The varied background and viewpoints of the adult children coming Back to the Homeplace ignite controversy and expose long kept secrets as each family member searches for his or her share of the family legacy. While the older family members stake their claims on land and fortunes, the younger ones search for love and acceptance. Subplots involve AIDS Awareness in 1987 issues and a support group for domestic violence incidents.
At the heart of this family life story is how we do or do not effectively communicate among family members - parents with children, among children and grandchildren. What happens when they come Back to the Homeplace?
Three best friends; Beth, Nichole, and Erin, go on a summer vacation together to three different places. First they visit Beth's grandparents lake house. Then they visit Boston, and lastly Erin and Nochole's aunt's country farm house. They change their image on the way, learn about eachtoher and themselves, and find love.
Everyone knows Daisy as being the materialistic girly-girl. But noone knows the real her. On weekends and during summer vacation she's with her fathers side of the family, on a farm. After finding love back home and then coming to her dads and finding love, she has to make a decision. Will she make the right one?
A woman returns to visit with her father many years after he kicked her out because she was pregnant, unwed,and only seventeen.
She tries to find a way to forgive him.
In her dreams the house called to her, but now she was begining to hear the voices when she was awake. Lucy Farlow, a young and bright sixteen year-old finds herself being welcomed by unwelcomed guests of the spirit world. The red barn fills her thoughts and the screams of the tortured haunt her dreams. She walks the narrow path to the abandond farm in search of an answer to clear her mind of this place forever, but what she does not know that once she steps foot on the very land of the farm it will never let her go.
The novel is set on a farm and in a nearby fictional community located in the southern Missouri Ozark hills and near a fictional western branch of the Current River. The story revolves around a family dilemma following the death of their matriarch and the unusual will she left to insure the continuity of the farm intact which has been in her family for over 150 years.
The year is 1987. The varied background and viewpoints of the adult children coming Back to the Homeplace ignite controversy and expose long kept secrets as each family member searches for his or her share of the family legacy. While the older family members stake their claims on land and fortunes, the younger ones search for love and acceptance. Subplots involve AIDS Awareness in 1987 issues and a support group for domestic violence incidents.
At the heart of this family life story is how we do or do not effectively communicate among family members - parents with children, among children and grandchildren. What happens when they come Back to the Homeplace?
Three best friends; Beth, Nichole, and Erin, go on a summer vacation together to three different places. First they visit Beth's grandparents lake house. Then they visit Boston, and lastly Erin and Nochole's aunt's country farm house. They change their image on the way, learn about eachtoher and themselves, and find love.
Everyone knows Daisy as being the materialistic girly-girl. But noone knows the real her. On weekends and during summer vacation she's with her fathers side of the family, on a farm. After finding love back home and then coming to her dads and finding love, she has to make a decision. Will she make the right one?
A woman returns to visit with her father many years after he kicked her out because she was pregnant, unwed,and only seventeen.
She tries to find a way to forgive him.