Phil Randazzo, owner of the trendy Tasso Restaurant in New Orleans, is being haunted and he's not at all happy about it. Strange supernatural events are taking place in the home he shares with his new wife, Michelle. Michelle's late husband, the legendary Cajun musician A. P. Savoie, begins to appear at will and inhabit everyday objects. As Savoie's presence grows stronger, the couple asks for help-psychics and exorcists are consulted until Phil narrowly escapes a deadly accident. Clearly, the honeymoon is over; but what, if anything, does Savoie want from them? In The Year of Past Things, the acclaimed author of The Worst Day of My Life, So Far has conjured up a savvy ghost story with a healthy helping of New Orleans flair.

The Year of Past Things

Literature & Fiction

Harper, M.A.

Genre Fiction

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

In The Worst Day of My Life, So Far, acclaimed novelist M. A. Harper takes us into the complex mind of Jeanne Roth, a middle-aged woman forced to return to a home state she'd rather forget. An unlikely caretaker, Jeanne must come to terms with a past filled with the shadows of her mother—a once vibrant femme fatale now suffering from Alzheimer's. As she watches her mother's grace and charm slowly slip away, Jeanne is forced to reflect on her own goals and find a new hero to look up to. An expert at analyzing others while neglecting her own troubles, Jeanne is suddenly squaring off directly with the one person she has tried to avoid: herself. With witty and acerbic prose, Harper tells the poignant, yet hilarious, story of one woman's journey toward self-discovery and confidence. Through the ups and downs of Jeanne, we gradually learn how important it is to confront the thoughts and worries that plague our own lives. A timely legend that shows there are no dead ends in life—only long roads—The Worst Day of My Life, So Far will make you laugh and cry and want more.

The Worst Day of My Life, So Far (Harvest Book)

Mariner Books

Award-winning chef Phil Randazzo, owner of the trendy Tasso Restaurant in New Orleans, and his new wife, Michelle, are as happy as can be. Michelle's kids, Cam and Nicole, want Phil to be their new father even though they still miss their first dad, A. P. Savoie, a popular Cajun musician who died in a car crash. But it's hard for Phil to concentrate because weird things are happening: The cat suddenly has the ability to walk through locked doors, and the ghost of A. P. Savoie appears at will. Savoie's presence becomes stronger and stronger until the couple asks for help- psychics, exorcists, and local "experts" are consulted, yet no one can save Phil from this pesky ghost. Phil knows that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, but he's not ready to meet his maker yet.

The Year of Past Things: A New Orleans Ghost Story

United States

In love with the long-dead Robert E. Lee, the man who tended to her great-grandmother's burned bottom during the Charleston conflagration, Garnet Laney recalls her obsession's life and family in a multilayered novel of southern history

For the Love of Robert E. Lee: A Novel

Soho Pr Inc

In love with the long-dead Robert E. Lee, the man who tended to her great-grandmother's burned bottom during the Charleston conflagration, Garnet Laney recalls her obsession's life and family in a multilayered novel of southern history.

For the Love of Robert E. Lee

Soho Press

One woman’s backward glance over a life that included bringing up two boys, dealing with a mother who had Alzheimers, yet leading people into the mountains of Russia, Nepal, Tibet and Morocco as a trek leader at the same time. She also found time to climb the Matterhorn and Mount Kenya, and to walk the John Muir Trail in California and the Wind Rivers in Wyoming, amongst others. Throughout there is a feeling of loving the space of the mountains, and living in them when possible alone, deriving strength and pleasure from simplicity of the hills.

Lured by Mountains

Travel

Specialty Travel

Grosvenor House Publishing Limited

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