A Promise to Catie
You've read ghost stories, but not like this one. When Billy Griffin moves from Dallas to the small town of Oakpoint, Texas in 1955, he thinks life will be simpler in the country. Instead, his life is turned upside-down by a series of inexplicable events. He has been living in the old ranch house only a few weeks when the silhouette of a woman appears in his bedroom window. Objects disappear from his desk. His sister Beth is bitten by a rattlesnake, then miraculously and mysteriously saved. Billy must call upon an old conjure woman, Hebronetta Sikes, to make sense of the events, but to do so he must get past her fierce companions, a Doberman and a German Shepherd. What he does, who he meets, and what he learns will surprise you. Folklore, race relations, and small town life form the background of this unusual first novel.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0929398416
ISBN13:9780929398419
Release Date:November 1992
Publisher:University of North Texas Press
Length:242 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Great book - North Texas comes to life in your hands
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
The narration of this story is beautifully descriptive, especially the settings and internal dialogue. You can really imagine yourself being there and watching as this young boy learns the story of the ghost ("Catie") who appears when his family moves into her old house.
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