Essence: This child ghost wants to tell you her story

By Glenn Woods

Book Overview

A ghost story with a difference. Savannah, Georgia, from the first days of the Civil War to the present, is the setting for this tale of a most unusual haunting. Luzette, only eleven years old when a stray bullet ended her lifetime, shares with the reader the account of her deathtime. Confined to the house by forces she struggles to understand, Luzette's spirit is at times a warm and welcoming presence and at others a fearsome specter. The changes to the house in which she died, the evolution of the cultural and social mores of the surrounding society, the people who live out their lives in the old house. Contains historically authentic, but possibly offensive, language.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932158596
• ISBN13: 9781932158595
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: High Country Publishers
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, a worthwhile read.

I ordered this book in August. Finished it in two days, I couldn't put it down. Luzette is amazing, her story is one of fear, love, loneliness, fear, courage and hope. I wish sometimes that I would have an encounter like the ones described within. Luzette is now one of my all time favorite characters, and this is without a doubt my favorite book.

Dolly Lambert in State College PA

I loved this book and I am an avid reader of ghosts, hauntings, and the macabre. It is most unusual and delightful and I recommend it highly. I was apprehensive at purchasing it because it is classified as a novel, however, there is a website [...] that shows it could be true.

terrific read!

picked this book up thinking it would be a good scare--but it was just the opposite! dispells some fear of the spirit world. there was one or two creepy parts, but they were interesting takes on negative spirits. a week later and i am still considering the ideas presented in this book. definitely buy it.

A spirit named Luzette

Three in the morning and a writer wakes to find himself sitting in front of his computer, typing.The story that unfolds before him is that of the little girl who has been haunting his dreams for several months. She died over one hundred forty years ago. This child ghost want to tell her story. Essence is just what it says, a ghost story told from the ghosts point of view.This gave a really interesting perspective to the story. There is her quest to be free of the house. Will she ever be reunited with her mother? The effect that she has on the people who live there, and their effect on her. This history of historic Savannah, the detail, was fantastic. Another thing I really liked about this book was her interaction with other spirits in the area.

An emotional tale of the complex landscape beyond the veil

Essence: This Child Ghost Wants To Tell You Her Story is an engaging original novel featuring a most unusual protagonist - a child ghost Luzette, only eleven years old during the Civil War era when a stray bullet claimed her life. After her death she witnesses changes in the house, people coming and going, the world about her evolving and the regrets of other spirits. A poignant, emotional tale of the complex landscape beyond the veil, Essence is a novel that demands the reader's attention to the very last page.