Charleston Green

Charleston Greenicon

by Stephanie Alexander

Publisher
Bublish, Inc.
Publication
Apr 13, 2020
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
$14.99
Dimensions
6 x 9 x 0.807 in
ISBN
9781647040505
Pages
362
Age
Adult 18+
Category
FantasyGeneral Fiction

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

If Tipsy Collins learned one thing from her divorce, it's that everyone in Charleston is a little crazy—even if they're already dead.

Tipsy, a gifted artist, cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she's always avoided dead people. When Tipsy and her three children move into the house on Bennett Street, she realizes some ghosts won't be ignored.

Till death do us part didn't pan out for Jane and Henry Mott, who've haunted the house for nearly a century. Tipsy's marriage was downright felicitous when compared to Jane and Henry's ill-fated union. Jane believes Henry killed her and then himself, and Henry vehemently denies both accusations. Unfortunately, neither phantom remembers that afternoon in 1923. Tipsy doesn't know whether to side with Jane, who seems to be hiding something under her southern belle charm, or Henry, a mercurial creative genius. Jane and Henry draw Tipsy into their conundrum, and she uncovers secrets long concealed under layers of good manners, broken promises and soupy Lowcountry air. Living with ghosts, however, takes a toll on her health, and possibly even her sanity. As she struggles to forge a new path for herself and her children, Tipsy has a chance to set Jane and Henry free, and release the ghosts of her own past.

Awards & Endorsements

Review
Charleston Green is a charming and clever novel…colorfully peopled by eccentric individuals, both living and deceased. The ghost story element and the ensuing mystery that unravels, allows a familiar story of personal growth and rediscovery, to uniquely shine. Intriguingly, this is also a love story to Charleston and the surrounding Low Country, and the author richly establishes a distinctive sense of place…eminently readable and quietly inventive, the novel’s unusual tone casts a lingering spell. —The BookLife Prize
Review
5 Stars, a genuinely enjoyable drama that uplifts as it unfolds...sure to keep readers turning pages from cover to cover... filled with Southern charm and realistically drawn characters... intriguing and heartfelt. —Readers' Favorite
Review
An enchanting novel of a woman finding her way out of a midlife (and mid-death) crisis...Alexander blends the warm humor of her characters with balmy descriptions of her Southern gothic setting... In Tipsy and her ghosts, Alexander finds a story about the frustrations of love and aging, as well as the weight history places on the living, particularly, perhaps, in the South Carolina Lowcountry. —Kirkus Reviews
Award
2021 Annie McDonnell Memorial Literary Award Finalist
Award
2021 Annie McDonnell Memorial Literary Award Finalist
Award
2020 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize Quarter Finalist for Fiction
Award
2020 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize Quarter Finalist for Fiction
Review
5 Stars, a genuinely enjoyable drama that uplifts as it unfolds...sure to keep readers turning pages from cover to cover... filled with Southern charm and realistically drawn characters... intriguing and heartfelt. —Readers' Favorite

Author(s)

Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander writes enchanting, fantastical stories for thoughtful, modern women. She's a practicing family law attorney. She's also worked in women's health and international development and has taught sociology at the College of Charleston. Her professional and personal background influences many themes in her work, including patriarchy and power dynamics, the ramifications of childhood experiences, relationship and parenting challenges, and the myth of happily ever after. Stephanie lives in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, their blended family of five children, and their miniature dachshunds, Trinket and Tipsy.

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