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Nell Grendon never thought about communing with the dead when she was growing up in Little Wolf, Wisconsin; she was more concerned with slumber parties, boys, and the Lord’s Prayer Ring she won (dishonestly) in a Methodist Bible Bee. But when a chance visit to the eccentric but charming Wocanaga Spiritualist Camp brings the adult Nell face-to-face with the elderly medium Grace Waverly, she cannot resist the temptation to learn more about spirit mediumship. Nell intends to fake her intuitive talents, but soon she spontaneously channels Angella Wing, an actress from the 1920s once known as the “Woman of a Thousand Voices.” Nell attempts to conceal her occult interests from skeptical friends, including George, a handsome jazz musician who rents an apartment in her historic home, and Polly, a childhood friend with buried anguish of her own.
About the Author
Sara Lindsay Rath was born and grew up in Manawa, Wisconsin where she graduated from Little Wolf High School. Her undergraduate degree (English) is from UW-Madison and she has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. Rath has taught creative writing at UW-Madison and was on the faculty of the MFA in Writing Program at Goddard College. She currently teaches a week-long fiction writing workshop at The Clearing, in Door County, WI (www.theclearing.org) and is now working on an historical novel about the Vermont poet, feminist and spirit lecturer Achsa Sprague. Married for 25 years to Del Lamont, their combined family embraces six children, thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Sara belongs to Great Old Broads For Wilderness, and loves being outdoors -- especially at her family's northwoods cabin, Lindsay Lodge. She also knits bears for children in Africa whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS (motherbearproject.org) . When she isn't writing she's thinking about what she's going to write! Check her website for more information: www.sararath.com