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The uninvited, a novel, Cat Winters

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The uninvited, a novel, Cat Winters

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The uninvited

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

907677159

Responsibility statement

Cat Winters

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Set during the fear and panic of the Great Influenza of 1918, 'The uninvited' is part gothic ghost-story, part psychological thriller. Twenty-five year old Ivy Rowan rises from her bed after being struck by the flu, only to discover the world has been torn apart in just a few short days. But Ivy's life-long gift--or curse--remains. For she sees the uninvited ones--ghosts of loved ones who appear to her, unasked, unwelcomed, for they always herald impending death. On that October evening in 1918 she sees the spirit of her grandmother, rocking in her mother's chair. An hour later, she learns her younger brother and father have killed a young German out of retaliation for the death of Ivy's older brother Billy in the Great War. Horrified, she leaves home, to discover the flu has caused utter panic and the rules governing society have broken down. Ivy is drawn into this new world of jazz, passion, and freedom, where people live for the day, because they could be stricken by nightfall. But as her 'uninvited guests' begin to appear to her more often, she knows her life will be torn apart once more, but Ivy has no inkling of the other-worldly revelations about to unfold

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