Candles Burning - Hardcover

King, Tabitha; McDowell Ph.D., Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425210286 ISBN 13: 9780425210284

Publisher: Berkley Hardcover, 2006

Synopsis

In the wake of her father's torture, murder, and dismemberment by two women with no known motives, Calliope "Calley" Dakin and her mother flee to Pensacola Beach where, in a house that is identical to Calley's late great-grandmother's house, a woman waits for Calley, who is no ordinary little girl. 100,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Tabitha King is the acclaimed author of Small World, Survivor, The Book of Reuben, and many other titles. The wife of novelist Stephen King, she lives in Maine.

Michael McDowell died in 1999. He was the author of a number of popular horror novels, including the six volumes of the Blackwater series.

From AudioFile:

Seven-year-old Calliope Calley Dakin opens the story with a horrific description of how two women tortured and murdered her father. Afterwards, she is taken by her emotionally abusive mother, Roberta Ann, to Pensacola, where her talent for speaking to the dead comes to the fore. Carrington MacDuffie has her work cut out for her as the story switches abruptly from the past to the present. MacDuffie portrays the child Calley with a little girl voice and a mild Southern accent yet still manages to convey a child who is smarter than her years. Roberta Ann comes across as a sharp-tongued, bitter woman. As the story develops, King and MacDuffie slowly reveal the how and why of Calleys gift. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0425210286
• ISBN 13: 9780425210284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432