The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb
The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb
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The Tale of Halcyon Crane

Author: Wendy Webb

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2010

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Ghosts don't exist in our world of today. Life is too pragmatic, too consuming, too busy for past lives to linger on longer than their allotted time, or so Halcyon had believed, until she received a letter from a lawyer claiming that her mother, whom she had thought long dead, had actually been living in another part of the country since Halcyon's early childhood. She had only recently passed away, leaving Halcyon heir to an unexpected fortune and an estate on an isolated island in the middle of the Great Lakes. Setting out to find some answers, Halcyon travels to her mother's home. But will she be prepared for the ghastly family history that waits for her there, the visions and revelations that will change everything that she thought she knew about the father she lived with and the mother she'd lost long ago?

About Wendy Webb

Wendy Webb is the author of The Fate of Mercy Alban and The Tale of Halcyon Crane. Her first novel, The Tale of Halcyon Crane, was selected as an IndieNext Pick by IndieBound, the Independent Booksellers Association of America; as a Midwest Connections Pick by the Midwest Booksellers Association; and as a Great Lakes Great Reads Pick by the Great Lakes Booksellers Association. She is also a career journalist and currently the editor-in-chief of Duluth Superior Magazine. Wendy lives in Minnesota.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on June 28, 2011

i think this is the kind of book v.s. naipaul is railing against whenever he talks shit about female novelists. and it's not that this is a terrible book, it is just not...accomplished. it is clumsy in its exposition, it is not particularly scary, for a ghost story, and the characters are pretty poo......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on July 06, 2022

Great story Wow, I expected to be able to tell what was going to happen with this story and for the main part, I was. However, the story pulled me in and made me want to read and finish it in one reading session. If you like islands, old houses, ghosts and paranormal events, this book is for you!......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on December 14, 2015

Paranormal fiction that isn’t horror, teenaged, or “cozy” is nearly unheard of. I’m through with unoriginal, cookie-cutter plots: found a body, who did it? I hungered for family secrets, ancient mansions, and ghosts... for adults. I am euphoric that in 2010, Wendy Webb, from close by Minnesota, USA,......more

Goodreads review by Sandi on May 29, 2010

When I was a kid, I ran across the word "halcyon" in the dictionary and fell in love with it. It means calm, peaceful and happy. Because of my love of a word, I had to take a look at The Tale of Halcyon Crane when I saw it at the library. It sounded intriguing enough for me to check out. Now, I don't......more

Goodreads review by christa on April 02, 2010

This is what reading is supposed to be like: A story that comes across so well, so seamlessly that it is like a brain movie, that reminds you of the first books that kidnapped your attention. The kind where the bookmark is still warm when you reopen it. When Wendy Webb's debut novel "The Tale of Hal......more

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