In OPHELIA'S GHOST (set in the American Southwest in 1958) Eva, an
anthropologist in her mid-30s, disappears from her campsite in the
Canyons of the Ancients. As local tracker Joe Hill searches for
her, the story weaves together ancient Puebloan cultures, the Art
of Memory, UFOs, Einstein's relativity, parallel universes, and a
question Shakespearean scholars have debated since 1598-Can we know
if we've truly seen a ghost? Now, 25 years earlier in FALL OF '33,
from the window of a train, 12-year-old Eva looks back--observing,
associating, remembering the fall of 1933, her last twenty days on
her family's farm nestled in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. With
her parents Doc and Leah, Eva rides the train west, to the Century
of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, across the Plains, and on to
their new home in Django, Colorado. With Billy, she finds her first
young love, learns about her family's ghostly past, and discovers
mysteries about herself. Grandfather Poppy prepares her for
life-changing journeys as he relates the stories of her family's
Indian and mystical ancestry in Virginia, dating back to
Shakespeare's time and before. While inventing new games, exploring
the woods around their farm, and joining family and friends in
traditional social gatherings in 1933 rural Virginia, Eva's
experiences unveil secrets of the past, present, and future. The
darkness of this period--economic depression, drought, and
burgeoning eugenics--is balanced by the shining potential of the
human imagination.
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