Bøger af Mary Ann Noe

"A mystery, love story, family saga filled with memorable characters you care about deeply. The author moves between generations with a sure hand, keeping the reader securely grounded in each life and storyline." -Karen Osborne, author of ReckoningsThree women of different generations are bound together by history and mystery: Louise Wright, 19th century; her 20th century great-granddaughter, Lou McManus, and Kapi McManus, Lou's teenaged step-granddaughter, each full of conflicts, questions, and contradictions.Two historical storylines run parallel, converging as Lou and Kapi explore the mystery of Louise Wright. Louise Wright, soon to marry the reverend's son, falls in love with a Native American, and gives birth to their multicultural baby. Three generations later, Lou McManus and Kapi, seeming to share nothing, are saddled with each other when Kapi's mother dies. However, they discover a shared love of history, local and personal.In their explorations of Louise Wright's story, Kapi is convinced Louise was Native American, infuriating Lou, who was brought up to revile natives. The two of them try to work through devastating losses, generational differences, snarled opinions, and historical excavations in their searches.

When Hannah steals her grumpy grandfather's glass eye, she is transported into the Green World, a forest fairy world where Queen Tatiana and King Oberon are locked in a deadly feud, resulting in problems that will destroy both fairyland and the human world.Hannah manages to escape, but recruits her best friend, Meg, to go back, hoping the two of them together can fix everything. Before the girls can do more than talk with the queen, the king kidnaps Meg!With Tatiana's help, Hannah must find, and then bargain with the king to get Meg back. Between trips into the Green World and scary visits to her human grandfather, Hannah discovers she might have the power to stop the war and restore the thrones to the fairy king and queen.