The lemoncholy life of Annie Aster

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Wilbanks, Scott, author.

ISBN:

9781492612469

Personal Author:

Wilbanks, Scott, author.

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Naperville, Illinois :

Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.,

[2015]

Physical Description:

392 pages ; 21 cm

Abstract:

Annabelle Aster doesn't bow to convention-not even that of space and time-which makes the 1890s Kansas wheat field has appeared in her modern-day San Francisco garden easy to accept. Even more peculiar is Elsbeth, the truculent schoolmarm who sends Annie letters through the mysterious brass mailbox perched on the picket fence that now divides their two worlds.

Subject Term:

Neighbors -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Mailbox -- Fiction.

Threats of violence -- Fiction.

Teachers -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Mailboxes. (OCoLC)fst01006105

Neighbors. (OCoLC)fst01200293

Teachers. (OCoLC)fst01144248

Threats of violence. (OCoLC)fst01741309

Geographic Term:

Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Kansas.

Kansas. (OCoLC)fst01204323

Genre:

History.

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

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Summary

Annabelle Aster doesn't bow to convention--not even that of space and time--which makes the 1890s Kansas wheat field that has appeared in her modern-day San Francisco garden easy to accept. Even more peculiar is Elsbeth, the truculent schoolmarm who sends Annie letters through the mysterious brass mailbox perched on the picket fence that now divides their two worlds.

Annie and Elsbeth's search for an explanation to the hiccup in the universe linking their homes leads to an unsettling discovery--and potential disaster for both of them. Together they must solve the mystery of what connects them before one of them is convicted of a murder that has yet to happen...and yet somehow already did.

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Library Journal Review

Annie Aster loves old clothes and antiques, yet she wouldn't have expected that her life would intersect with the past as it does when she opens her back door to find a portal to another century and her San Francisco garden replaced by a field of Kansas wheat. Beginning a correspondence with her new neighbor launches an adventure that will lead Annie to time travel, a murder mystery, family secrets, adventure, and love. -VERDICT The skillful and loving creation of a cast of fascinating characters-Annie, her friend Christian, her tetchy but loyal neighbor Elsbeth, the urchin Cap'n, and more-can't quite compensate for this debut's overstuffed plot, with all its twists and turns. Although the quirky charms are undeniable, readers might be frustrated as the rocketing from genre to genre means that some aspects of the story get short shrift.-MM © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.