Library's review
What a delightfully creepy story! Two northerners, Frank and Eudora, come to a small Georgia town in the midst of the Depression, fleeing from the scandal that their romance and marriage caused. At first, things seem placid and slow in the little town, but then don’t they always? Trouble begins
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when the town collectively decides that the economic hardships caused by the Depression mean it can no longer continue the decades-long tradition of setting two pigs loose in the woods across the river during the full moon. No one talks out loud about why the pigs are sacrificed every month, and it seems likely the current generation doesn’t really know the reason. They soon find out, though, and poor Frank and Eudora get caught up in the town’s nightmare in a way that leaves them both scarred forever. I thought the best part of many very good parts was the ending, which seems as though it is going to be a quiet little epilogue. But then, when you’re dealing with those across the river, nothing is as it seems. Show Less
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"Haunted by memories of the Great War, failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate -- the Savoyard Plantation -- and the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small town charm, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice. It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of the Savoyard Plantation still stand. Where a long smoldering dept of blood has never been forgotten. Where it has been waiting for Frank Nichols..." --P. [4] of cover.
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2011-09-06