Bonnie said, "Jodi Picoult's Second Glance includes the Vermont eugenics project of the 1930s, which I had never heard of before reading this novel."
Do we love across time? Or in spite of it? A developer has slated an ancient Abenaki Indian burial ground for a strip mall, and now strange happenings have tiny Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who's never seen a ghost -- all he's searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiance Aimee in a car accident. He tried suicide, any number of times. Now Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond. Searching the site for signs of the paranormal, Ross meets the mysterious Lia, who sparks him to life for the first time in years. But the discoveries that await Ross are beyond anything he could dream of in this world -- or the next. Expertly entwining a powerful drama of the heart's redemption and the disturbing real-life history of the VT eugenics project of the 1930s, Second Glance asks if truth is always something that can be measured ... and if what can be measured is indeed always true.
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This sounds like a fascinating book!
I saw your question about my alma mater on my blog. I got my B.A. in English from Wesleyan College in Macon, and my M.A. from the State Univ. of West Georgia in Carrollton. Emory is a fantastic school - you're lucky to have attended!
After posting that comment on your blog, I remembered we had talked about Carrollton. When my friend went there, back in the 1970s, it was still West Georgia College. But I didn't know where you got your B.A.
My B.A. in English and in Philosophy & Religion (double major) is from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and my M.Div. (Master of Divinity) is from Emory University's Candler School of Theology.
Hi, Bonnie! I finished my Vermont read: The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian, and here is my review.
Take care!
Jill
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