Voices Airy.Voices Airy Catherine Karp Coachlight Press 1704 Craig's Store Road, Afton, VA 22920 0971679045 $15.95 www.CoachlightPress.com In Voices Airy, novelist Cahterine Karp takes her readers back to the troubled year of 1918 when America and the world were afflicted by two of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse--War and Pestilence pestilence /pes·ti·lence/ (pes´ti-lins) a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease.pestilen´tial pes·ti·lence n. 1. . The devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. toll of World War I and a global outbreak Spanish influenza leave countless individuals stricken with grief from the loss of loved ones. A San Diego woman offers solace by calling up the spirits of the departed in a darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. seance room. Seen through the eyes of her new husband and younger sister, the question arises ... is she a fraud, or delusional? Or is she truly a conduit to the world beyond? A captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. and thought-provoking story of the transitions between life and death. |
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