Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

Posted on 07 April 2017 by Emily Carpenter

Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother s tragic, premature death and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea s ear Wait for her For the honeysuckle girl She ll find you, I think, but if she doesn t, you find her.Adrift ever since, Althea is now fresh out of rehab and returning to her family home in Mobile, Alabama, determined to reconnect with her estranged, ailing father While Althea doesn t expect him, or her politically ambitious brother, to welcome her with open arms, she s not prepared for the chilling revelation of a grim, long buried family secret Fragile and desperate, Althea escapes with an old flame to uncover the truth about her lineage Drawn deeper into her ancestors lives, Althea begins to unearth their disturbing history and the part she s meant to play in it.Gripping and visceral, this unforgettable debut delves straight into the heart of dark family secrets and into one woman s emotional journey to save herself from a sinister inheritance. Free Read Burying the Honeysuckle Girls Author Emily Carpenter For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Althea Bell has come home to Alabama, she is fresh off a stint in re hab for a drug addiction she has battled her entire life Once home she is not greeted with open arms Her dying father is yelling about how she is evil and something about her turning 30 Her snobby sister in law and political brother Wynn both loathe seeing that she is home They inform her that her father s will specifies that she must go into a mental institute when she turns 30 or she will inherit nothing.What is it about Althea Bell has come home to Alabama, she is fresh off a stint in re hab for a drug addiction she has battled her entire life Once home she is not greeted with open arms Her dying father is yelling about how she is evil and something about her turning 30 Her snobby sister in law and political brother Wynn both loathe seeing that she is home They inform her that her father s will specifies that she must go into a mental institute when she turns 30 or she will inherit nothing.What is it about turning thirty with the women in her family Several generations of her female relatives have all turned up at the local mental institute called Pritchford once the clock tolls on that birthday..and Althea s thirtieth birthday is just days away.She must battle with her addiction and her family s...Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter is a 2016 Lake Union publication Wow, I gotthan I bargained for with this novel The southern backdrop is perfect for this atmospheric tale of family secrets and retribution Althea has no idea what is in store for her when she returns home after a stint in rehab Her brother is running or office and her power hungry sis...A Southern Gothic family mysteryfrom 1937 to 2012.There s a threatening omen that all the women from Althea Bell s mother side will lose their minds when they turn 30 years of age Althea is almost 30 Althea is angry, brags about having been self destructive,.is troubled She s goes digging into her past trying to piece together the puzzle pieces between her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Secrets have been hidden for many generations.The story is written in two time lin A Southern Gothic family mysteryfrom 1937 to 2012.There s a threatening omen that all the women from Althea Bell s mother side will lose their minds when they turn 30 years of...3.5 Althea comes from a long line of mountain girls, superstition and folklore has it that these girls are tainted with a strain of madness The last three generations of women, including her mother have said to have gone crazy on their thirtieth birthdays, in fancy Althea does not know what happened with her mother, was told by her father her mother died as she was being taken to Pritchard, the local asylum But was she Althea, now out of rehab, and days away from her own thirtieth birthday ne 3.5 Althea comes from a long line of mountain girls, superstition and folklore has it that these girls are tainted with a strain of madness The last three generations of women, including her mother have said to have gone crazy on their thirtieth birthdays, in fancy Althea does not know what happened with her mother, was told by her father her mother died as she was being taken to Pritchard, t...Burying the Honeysuckle Girls is a great, although tragic tale about four generations of women that are said to always get schizophrenic by the age of 30 Althea Bell is turning 30 in a couple of days and she is worried that it s her turn to become ill She and a childhood friend set out to find out the truth about her mother, her grandmother, and great grandmother Women that she doesn t know much about But, there are those that want to stop her search no matter the cost.I was instantly intrig Burying the Honeysuckle Girls is a great, although tragic tale about four generations of women that are said to always get schizophrenic by the age of 30 Althea Bell is turning 30 in a couple of days and she is worried that it s her turn to become ill She and a childhood friend set out to find out the truth about her mother, her grandmother, and great grandmother Women that she doesn t know much about But, there are those that want to stop her search no matter the cost.I was instantly intrigued by the story I found Althea a fascinating character and the mystery surrounding her family was tantalizing It s a book that made me both sad and angry at the men that have in generations suppressed women, even in modern time as Althea s story will show It s an engrossi...First, I have to say that this is an impressive debut novel The blurb intrigued me, though I wasn t quite sure what to expect What I got was gut wrenching emotion, complicated characters, a puzzling mystery, and a dash of magical realism Wait for her For the honeysuckle girl She ll find you, I think, but if she doesn t, you find her. Set in Alabama, the story centers around Althea, a troubled young woman who s come home to visit her ailing father It seems that she, too, carries the burden First, I have to say that this is an impressive debut novel The blurb intrigued me, though I wasn t quite sure what to expect What I got was gut wrenching emotion, complicated characters, a puzzling mystery, and a dash of magical realism Wait for her For the honeysuckle girl She ll find you, I think, but if she doesn t, you find her. Set in Alabama, the story centers around Althea, a troubled young woman who s come home to visit her ailing father It seems that she, too, carries the burden of a curse that strikes the women in her family on their 30th birthday With her 30th birthday just a couple weeks away, Althea is faced with the seemingly impossible task of saving herself What is her family s dark secret With just a cigar box full of clues her mother left her, Althea sets out to solve the mystery.The story alternates between ...This was such a great story, I had a VERY difficult time putting it down I was in the mood for a dual time novel, and this one called out to me The story of Althea and her family is full of suspense and secrets and mystery The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat and I couldn t await to see what happened next.I knew very little going into this book and I believe it is the way to go You will be pleasantly surprised.Thank you, Netgalley, for a copy of this book in exchange for an hon This was such a great story, I had a VERY difficult time putting it down I was in the mood for a dual time novel, and this one called out to me The story of Althea and her family is full of suspense and secrets and mystery The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat and I couldn t await to see what happened next.I knew very little going into this book and I believe it is the way to go You will be pleasantly surprised.Thank you, N...Many thanks to Netgalley and Emily Carpenter for my copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.Was this ever suspenseful and downright amazing This is currently a read now on Netgalley and will be published this month as well to the general public Bravo to this debut I m ecstatic to see how much fantastic emerging talent is coming on the scene this year I th...2.5 stars Good, important topic Nice suspense Okay execution Almost unbearable charactersI guess it was alright This book has been lying around on my Kindle for at least a year It s one of the first NetGalley eARCs I ve downloaded, and to be honest, the premise sounded fab Althea, fresh out of rehab, returns to her rich Southern home and finds herself absolutely unwanted there Suffering trauma of losing her mother, torn between wondering if she s actually mentally ill, or if the worryi 2.5 stars Good, important topic Nice suspense Okay execution Almost unbearable charactersI guess it was alright This book has been lying around on my Kindle for at least a year It s one of the first NetGalley eARCs I ve downloaded, and to be honest, the premise sounded fab Althea, fresh out of rehab, returns to her rich Southern...Hard to read haunting story.Story starts 1937, three generations of heart wrenching secrets Mental diseases, drugs and alcoholism Brother is determined to be president, wants to keep all the family skeletons locked away in their closets Year 2012, everything know...

07 April 2017

Emily Carpenter