And then that desolate cottage at the end, falling in on itself and all its secrets. What better spot for sorting through the debris of my own history?

After his mother's death, eleven-year-old Marcus is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in a coastal South Carolinian town. A prominent but withdrawn painter, Charlotte is facing her own unacknowledged challenges, so Marcus is left to explore the town and its buried history. As he endeavors to uncover the story of Grief Cottage, the primary subject of Charlotte's paintings, Marcus also exposes personal memories he would rather forget. A haunting account of generational trauma, Grief Cottage explores the blurred line between real and imagined ghosts. (RR)