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    The Rattled Bones
    The Rattled Bones
    The Rattled Bones
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Rattled Bones

    Written by S.M. Parker

    Narrated by C. S. E. Cooney

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    Maine-bred, independent Rilla Brae is no stranger to the deep. She knows the rhythms of hard work and harder seas. But when she experiences the sudden death of her father, the veil between the living and the dead blurs, and she begins to be haunted by a girl on a nearby, uninhabited island. The girl floats a song over the waves, and it is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Familiar and distant.

    Then Rilla meets Sam, a University of Southern Maine archeology student tasked with excavating the very island where the ghostly girl has appeared. Sam sifts the earth looking for the cultural remains of an island people who were forcibly evicted by the state nearly a hundred years ago. Sam tells Rilla the island has a history no locals talk about-if they know about it at all-due to the shame the events brought to the working waterfront community. All Rilla knows for sure is that the island has always been there-an eerie presence anchored in the stormy sea. Now Sam's work and the ghostly girl's song lure Rilla to the island's shores.

    As Rilla helps Sam to unearth the island's many secrets, Rilla's visions grow-until the two discover a tragedy kept silent for years. And it's a tragedy that has everything to do with Rilla's past.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 22, 2017
    ISBN9781541477544
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    S.M. Parker

    S.M. Parker lives on the coast of Maine with her husband and sons. She works as a literacy advocate and holds degrees from three New England universities. She can usually be found rescuing dogs, chickens, old houses, and wooden boats. She has a weakness for chocolate chip cookies and ridiculous laughter—ideally at the same time. The Girl Who Fell was her first novel. Find her at ShannonMParker.com.

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    • 1/5
      The book may be good...I dont know. The narrator's voice made me cringe and I couldn't listen.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. I enjoyed listening to this creepy tale and I appreciate the message- I’m not sure if the island in this book is a real place or not but similar stories are and it’s heartbreaking.
    • 4/5
      Ghosts and grief, lobsters and love. Enjoyable and engaging read.
    • 4/5
      The setting and imagery captivated me more than the mystery. However, Rilla and Sam were strong characters and I was fully invested in their fate. More thoughts to come. 3.5 stars
    • 4/5
      I tend to mostly stay away from books set by the sea (or any body of water). Not because I dislike books set by the sea, but because it invokes a certain feeling of timelessness, of something deeper and mysterious, no matter the narrative; it unsettles me. In a good but confused, puzzled way- a feeling under my skin.And it was the same with The Rattled Bones.