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The Ghost In You
When medical examiner Paul O'Brien is called to the scene of Lillith Messinger's suspicious death, he finds her diaries and takes them without anyone knowing. As he gets to know Lillith through her writing, her ghost begins to talk to him, and the secrets of her death unfold. He is not sure if her presence is real or not, and questions his own sanity along the way. Do Paul's own ghosts or does Lillith's ghost lead him to the truth about her death?
290 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2013
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Shawna Galvin
10 books7 followersABOUT ME
I’ve been writing since I can remember. I kept piles of notebooks under my bed filled with musings, poems, stories since 5th grade. When I graduated high school and moved off to an unsuccessful first year at the University of Southern Maine (success as a college student and several degrees followed later–much later), I had my notebooks burned in my great grandfather’s teeny wood stove in Millinocket, Maine.
I wish I still had those. I do, however, have piles of notebooks from that time to present day, and also my other writing now. I look back into it and learn a lot about well, everything.
I’m a writer of a novel, poetry, flash fiction, short stories, some non-fiction, freelance articles, and I am also co-editor/publisher at Macabre Maine.
I have a couple blogs that I made a few years back before discovering Wix:
My blog, Ghost of the Woods is dedicated to my late Uncle George, a Vietnam Veteran, poet, writer, amazing human being and soul. You can read more about him here and discover his poetry and more.
My other blog, Shawna Galvin includes photos of other artistic creative outlets of mine on occasion, such as making altered books. It also includes some of my poetry and writing.
I’ve been writing since I can remember. I kept piles of notebooks under my bed filled with musings, poems, stories since 5th grade. When I graduated high school and moved off to an unsuccessful first year at the University of Southern Maine (success as a college student and several degrees followed later–much later), I had my notebooks burned in my great grandfather’s teeny wood stove in Millinocket, Maine.
I wish I still had those. I do, however, have piles of notebooks from that time to present day, and also my other writing now. I look back into it and learn a lot about well, everything.
I’m a writer of a novel, poetry, flash fiction, short stories, some non-fiction, freelance articles, and I am also co-editor/publisher at Macabre Maine.
I have a couple blogs that I made a few years back before discovering Wix:
My blog, Ghost of the Woods is dedicated to my late Uncle George, a Vietnam Veteran, poet, writer, amazing human being and soul. You can read more about him here and discover his poetry and more.
My other blog, Shawna Galvin includes photos of other artistic creative outlets of mine on occasion, such as making altered books. It also includes some of my poetry and writing.
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February 16, 2017
A gloomy little story about a forensic scientist who falls in love with a dead girl while trying to solve her murder/suicide (you never do find out which). Some repetition and bits of non-relevant nuances throughout that gave nothing to the overall story. Creepy due to the "obsessing over a dead girl" theme but otherwise more of a sociological study about addictive behaviors.
Paul, who lost both of his parents when he was in college, is a forensic scientist who suffers from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after having to identify the bodies following a horrific plane crash near his home town. When he is tasked with finding the cause of death of a beautiful 20-something woman, Lillith, he falls in love with her.
Lillith met Adam, the “man of her dreams,” while in high school. Once she graduated she broke the relationship off so she could “have fun.” She decided to get back with him only to leave once again to take a position teaching cultural anthropology overseas. Adam is caring for his terminally-ill father when he finds out Lillith is leaving him (again). He goes out with some friend to blow off some steam. The next morning he finds out he was given drugs and raped. He confesses this shocking atrocity to Lillith but instead of receiving sympathy, she totally locks him out of her life. (Funny that a cultural anthropologist would fault someone for being raped. I’m sure that if she had been one who was raped while she was off “finding herself” she would scream VICTIM from the rooftops.) While in London, Lillith falls into the drug and sex-fetish lifestyle blaming Adam’s “infidelity” all the while. Once she returns to the states she decides to get back at Adam by showing him how his actions led her to abuse her own body and either accidentally or knowingly kills herself leaving Adam (and Paul) to live with the consequences of her actions.
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Paul, who lost both of his parents when he was in college, is a forensic scientist who suffers from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after having to identify the bodies following a horrific plane crash near his home town. When he is tasked with finding the cause of death of a beautiful 20-something woman, Lillith, he falls in love with her.
Lillith met Adam, the “man of her dreams,” while in high school. Once she graduated she broke the relationship off so she could “have fun.” She decided to get back with him only to leave once again to take a position teaching cultural anthropology overseas. Adam is caring for his terminally-ill father when he finds out Lillith is leaving him (again). He goes out with some friend to blow off some steam. The next morning he finds out he was given drugs and raped. He confesses this shocking atrocity to Lillith but instead of receiving sympathy, she totally locks him out of her life. (Funny that a cultural anthropologist would fault someone for being raped. I’m sure that if she had been one who was raped while she was off “finding herself” she would scream VICTIM from the rooftops.) While in London, Lillith falls into the drug and sex-fetish lifestyle blaming Adam’s “infidelity” all the while. Once she returns to the states she decides to get back at Adam by showing him how his actions led her to abuse her own body and either accidentally or knowingly kills herself leaving Adam (and Paul) to live with the consequences of her actions.
Received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways
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